Palmerston (Public Places) By-Laws 2001

In these By-laws, unless the contrary intention appears:

access-way means a driveway constructed between a road or road-related area and adjacent land.

adjacent land has the same meaning as in the Australian

Road Rules.

appropriate fee means the fee determined from time to time by the council to be the fee for a permit or other authority or other matter or for a class of permits, authorities or matters.

approved means approved by the council by resolution.

Australian Road Rules means the Australian Road

Rules contained in Schedule 3 to the Traffic Regulations 1999.

bicycle or tricycle means a 2 or 3 wheeled vehicle designed to be propelled by human power and includes a powered bicycle or tricycle.

boat means a boat or floating vessel or craft of any kind other than a motor boat.

bridge includes a ford, causeway, culvert or crossing affording passage across water.

child means a person who is 10 years or less of age.

council means the Palmerston City Council.

determined means determined by the council by resolution.

footpath means a footpath, bicycle path or shared path within the meaning of the Australian Road Rules.

handbill includes a poster, placard, notice, ticket, pamphlet and advertisement.

land includes water.

litter includes garbage, rubbish, refuse, waste matter, cigarette butts, matches, dead animals and discarded vehicle bodies, machinery and implements.

meeting means a meeting of the council.

motor boat means a boat or floating vessel or craft of any kind that has a motor to power its principal propulsion system, and includes a hovercraft.

motor vehicle means any vehicle designed to be self propelled and includes a trailer when attached to a motor vehicle, but does not include a powered bicycle or tricycle or a motorised wheelchair which is not capable of travelling at a speed greater than

10 km/h.

municipality means the municipality of Palmerston.

naturestrip means the area between a road or road-related area and adjacent land that is not a footpath.

owner means:

in relation to an animal, a boat, motor boat or vehicle (other than a motor vehicle) – unless there is proof to the contrary, the person for the time being in control of the animal, boat, motor boat or vehicle; or

in relation to a motor vehicle – the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949 or under another law of the Territory or under a law of a State or other

Territory of the Commonwealth that provides for the registration of vehicles.

permit means a permit issued under these By-laws, and includes a renewed permit.

premises includes land, whether built on or not, and buildings.

public place includes:

every place to which free access is permitted to the public, with the express or tacit consent of the owner or occupier of the place;

every place to which the public are admitted on payment of money, the test of the admittance being the payment of the money only;

every road, road-related area, footpath, court, alley, lane, thoroughfare or cul-de-sac which the public are allowed to use, notwithstanding that the road, road-related area, footpath, court, alley, lane, thoroughfare or cul-de-sac may be formed on private property; and

land reserved under a law of the Territory for the use of the public or a member of the public.

register means a register established in pursuance of by-law 7.

registrar means the person appointed by the council to be a registrar under by-law 6.

reserve means land that is:

a public place owned by, leased to, vested in or under the care, control or management of the council; and

capable of being used as a park, garden, nature reserve, recreation ground, oval or playing field or for swimming, bathing, boating or other recreation associated with water.

road has the same meaning as in rule 12 of the

Australian Road Rules.

road-related area has the same meaning as in rule 13 of the Australian Road Rules.

vehicle means a conveyance or other device designed to be propelled or drawn by any means and includes a bicycle or tricycle, motor vehicle and an animal being driven or ridden but does not include a motorised wheelchair that is not capable of travelling at a speed greater than 10 km/h or a train.