In these Regulations—
"authorised officer" means a person appointed by the Secretary as an authorised officer under section 83 of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 for the purposes of the Act;" "
"authority" means a written authority issued by a Board under regulation 13 in respect of the alpine resort for which that Board is responsible;
"bus" has the same meaning as it has in the Road Safety Act 1986 ;
"camel" includes a llama or alpaca;
"camping permit" means a permit issued by the relevant Board under regulation 29;
"commercial motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Road Safety Act 1986 ;
contractor includes an employee or subcontractor of a contractor;
"cross country ski trail permit" means a permit issued by the relevant Board under regulation 22;
"day visitor" means a person who enters an alpine resort after 7.00 a.m. and leaves the alpine resort before midnight on the same day;
"firearm" has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1996 ;
four wheel drive vehicle permit means a permit issued by the relevant Board under regulation 25;
helicopter entry permit means a permit issued by the relevant Board under regulation 21;
"horse" includes a mule or donkey;
"inflatable device" means a pneumatic tube or similar device capable of being used for sliding down snow slopes;
"motor cycle" has the same meaning as in the Road Safety Act 1986 ;
motor vehicle has the same meaning as in the Road Safety Act 1986 , but does not include a commercial motor vehicle or a motor cycle;
"off-season" means the period outside the snow season;
"oversnow vehicle" means a vehicle specifically designed for use on or over snow;
oversnow vehicle permit means a permit issued by the relevant Board under regulation 31;" "
"prescribed Board" means—
(a) the Lake Mountain Alpine Resort Management Board; or
(b) the Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort Management Board; or
(c) the Mount Buller and Mount Stirling Alpine Resort Management Board;" "
"relevant Board" means the Alpine Resort Management Board established under Part 4 of the Act in respect of a particular alpine resort;
"road" means—
(a) a thoroughfare or way under the control of a Board within an alpine resort; and
(b) a declared road within the meaning of the Transport Act 1983 ;
"ski-bob" means a non-powered vehicle consisting of a low seat and steering handles and supported by 1 or 2 skis, that is used for sliding down ski slopes;
ski lift means any mechanism (not being a vehicle) provided for the transport of members of the public up and between ski slopes;
"snow season" means—
(a) any period declared by a Board under regulation 7 to be the snow season in respect of the alpine resort for which it is responsible in the year or years specified in the declaration; or
(b) if a declaration under regulation 7 has not been made in respect of an alpine resort for a particular year, the period commencing on 1 June in each year and ending on 31 October in that year;
"the Act "means the Alpine Resorts (Management) Act 1997 ;
"vehicle" includes—
(a) a motor vehicle;
(b) a motor cycle;
(c) a bicycle, cart, trailer, caravan or horse-drawn vehicle;
(d) a motor vehicle that is used or intended to be used in a public place that is not a tractor as defined in the Road Safety Act 1986 .