Terms used
5 Terms used
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
annexe means an attachment to a caravan, of a prescribed type or description, used as an extension of the habitable area of that caravan;
authorised person means a person appointed to be an authorised person under —
section 17(1)(a); or
the Local Government Act 1995 section 9.10(2) for the purposes of this Act;
camp means any portable shed or hut, tent, tent fly, awning, blind or other portable thing used as or capable of being used for habitation and includes a vehicle of a prescribed type or in prescribed circumstances;
camping ground means an area of land on which camps, but not caravans, are situated for habitation but does not include any land prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
caravan means a vehicle that is fitted or designed for habitation, and unless the contrary intention appears, includes an annexe;
caravan park means an area of land on which caravans, or caravans and camps, are situated for habitation;
Committee means the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Advisory Committee established under section 25;
Department means the department of the public service of the State principally assisting the Minister in the administration of the Local Government Act 1995;
district means an area that has been declared to be a district under the Local Government Act 1995, and in relation to a local government means the district of that local government;
facility means a caravan park or camping ground;
licence means a licence granted under section 7;
occupier means a person who occupies a site in a caravan park or camping ground;
operate means to carry on the business of a caravan park or camping ground and includes causing, employing or engaging another person to carry on that business;
park home means a vehicle of a prescribed class or description that is fitted or designed for habitation;
prescribed means prescribed by regulation;
site means an area in a facility —
marked, or intended, for the use of one caravan or camp; or
that is a lot in a freehold scheme under the Strata Titles Act 1985;
vehicle means a conveyance (other than a train, vessel or aircraft) capable of being propelled or drawn on wheels;
works specification notice means a works specification notice given under section 21(3).
Unless the contrary intention appears, in this Act, a reference to local government in relation to a facility is to be taken to be a reference to the local government of the district in which the facility is situated.
[Section 5 amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 30 of 2018 s. 125; No. 16 of 2019 s. 84.]
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