Victorian Consolidated Regulations

FORESTS (RECREATION) (TEMPORARY) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 5

In these Regulations—

"Aboriginal cultural heritage" has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 ;

"agreed activity "has the same meaning as in section 79 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 ;

"aircraft "includes a model aircraft or remotely piloted aircraft;

animal means any vertebrate or invertebrate animal in any stage of biological development other than a human;

"assistance animal "has the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth;

"assistance dog" has the same meaning as in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 ;

bog means any permanently wet site along drainage lines and valley floors, its vegetation primarily consisting of Sphagnum moss, and usually including Spreading Rope‑rush, Matted Nertera, Alpine Astelia and Mountain Gentian;

"camp "means using or having present in an area, for accommodation purposes, whether occupied or not—

        (a)     equipment including a tent, sleeping bag, swag, tarpaulin or any other form of accommodation, shelter or temporary structure; or

        (b)     a vehicle, vessel or any other moveable form of accommodation, whether or not it is in a condition that enables it to be moved;

"committee", in relation to any land set aside under section 50(1) of the Act, means a committee of management appointed under section 50(3)(a) of the Act for the land;

"drive", in relation to a vehicle, has the same meaning as in the Road Safety Act 1986 ;

"emergency activity" has the same meaning as in the Emergency Management Act 1986 ;

"emergency services agency" has the same meaning as in the Emergency Management Act 1986 ;

"fauna" has the same meaning as in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 ;

"firearm" has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1996 ;

"fixed fireplace" means a fixed facility constructed of stone, metal, concrete or other non‑flammable material provided by a committee for the purposes of lighting and maintaining fires;

"forest park" has the same meaning as in the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 ;

"forest reserve" means the land set aside under section 50(1) of the Act and declared under the name that is specified in Column 2 of an item in the Table in Schedule 1 and by the description that is specified in Column 3 of that item in the Table;

"large bus" means a motor vehicle with seats for 30 or more people;

"liquor" has the same meaning as in the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 ;

"managing body" means—

        (a)     for land managed by a committee, the committee; or

        (b)     for all other land, the land manager;

"miner's right" has the same meaning as in the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 ;

"pack animal "means a horse, donkey, mule, camel, llama or alpaca;

"park", in relation to a vehicle, includes leaving a vehicle standing, whether or not the vehicle is attended;

"recreation ground" means any area in a State forest within 100 metres of any visitor facility;

registered hound has the same meaning as in the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2012 ^[4] ;

"small bus" means a motor vehicle with seats for more than 9 people but less than 30 people;

"spring "includes a soak;

"the Act" means the Forests Act 1958 ;

"tourist fossicking authority" means a tourist fossicking authority under Part 5 of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 ;

"traditional owner group agreement" means an agreement under Part 6 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 ;

"traditional owner group entity" has the same meaning as in the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 ;

"vehicle "means a conveyance that is designed to be propelled or drawn by any means, whether or not the vehicle is capable of being propelled or drawn, and includes a bicycle or other pedal-powered vehicle, trailer, tram-car and air-cushion vehicle but does not include any of the following—

        (a)     a railway locomotive or railway rolling stock;

        (b)     a wheel chair, motorised wheel chair or other device designed or used for the conveyance of persons with disability or injury;

        (c)     a pram, stroller or other device designed or used for the conveyance of children;

"visitor facility" means any infrastructure provided by the managing body on land including a picnic table, toilets, fireplace, information shelter and carpark;

"volunteer emergency worker" has the same meaning as in the Emergency Management Act 1986 ;

"Yarra Tributaries Forest Reserve "means the land set aside and declared to be the Yarra Tributaries Forest Reserve under section 50(1) of the Act by Order published on page 2470 of the Government Gazette dated 17 September 2009.

Reg. 5A inserted by S.R. No. 108/2021
reg. 5.