Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) 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 —
(a)
section 17(1)(a); or
(b) 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 —
(a)
marked, or intended, for the use of one caravan or camp; or
(b) 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).
(2) 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.]