Definitions
4 Definitions
In this Act—appropriate police office, in relation to a proposed public assembly, means a police office in the police district in which the assembly is to be held;assembly notice means a notice of intention to hold a public assembly mentioned in section 7;clerk, in relation to a local authority, includes a town clerk;Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Police Service within the meaning of the Police Service Administration Act 1990;mediation session has the meaning given by section 1.3 of the Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990;organiser, in relation to a public assembly for which an assembly notice has been given, means the person specified in the notice as the person responsible for organising and conducting the assembly;place of assembly, in relation to an assembly that is a procession, includes a place at or through which it is proposed the assembly will stop or pass;police district means a district established by the Commissioner for the efficient and proper administration, management and functioning of the Police Service;police office means a place in relation to which a declaration declaring the place to be a police establishment or police station is in force under section 10.10 of the Police Service Administration Act 1990;public assembly means an assembly held in a public place, whether or not the assembly is at a particular place or moving;public place includes—
a road; and
a place open to or used by the public as of right; and
a place for the time being open to or used by the public, whether or not—
the place is ordinarily open to or used by the public; or
by the express or implied consent of the owner or occupier; or
on payment of money;
representative means—
in relation to the Commissioner—a police officer nominated by the Commissioner; or
in relation to a local authority—an officer of the local authority nominated by it;
road has the meaning given by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.
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