Western Australian Current Regulations

SWAN AND CANNING RIVERS MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 2

2 .         Terms used

                In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

        aircraft  —

            (a)         means a machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from buoyancy or the reactions of the air; but

            (b)         does not include a hovercraft;

        aircraft activity means all or any of the following —

            (a)         the landing or touching down of an aircraft;

            (b)         the take‑off of an aircraft;

            (c)         the standing, parking, docking or mooring of an aircraft;

            (d)         the embarkation of passengers onto or disembarkation of passengers from an aircraft;

            (e)         the loading of freight onto or the unloading of freight from an aircraft;

            (f)         the refuelling, servicing or repair of an aircraft;

        commercial purpose means the purpose of sale or any other purpose that is directed to financial gain or reward;

        commercial use means a use that is directed to financial gain or reward;

        exhibit , in relation to a sign, includes —

            (a)         erect, place, stick, paint, stencil or affix at, on or to any place or thing; or

            (b)         display on a vehicle, vessel or inflatable object,

        so as to be visible to a person in a public place;

        former clause 30A means the Metropolitan Region Scheme clause 30A as in force from time to time before 31 March 2025;

        leaseholder means a person who holds a lease for land within the Riverpark or development control area;

        maintenance dredging , in waters in the Riverpark or development control area, means dredging that is necessary for the maintenance of access by vessels to marinas and jetties in the Riverpark or development control area;

        permit means a permit granted under regulation 29;

        private property means freehold land other than land owned by a Schedule 5 authority;

        public place includes any thoroughfare, pedestrian mall or place which the public are allowed to use, whether or not the thoroughfare or place is on private property;

        section means a section of the Act;

        sign means any placard, notice, model, board, device or representation, including any hoarding, bunting or flag, used wholly or partly for the purposes of advertising or promoting any thing or for an announcement or direction;

        spectator event means an event held in the Riverpark or development control area, intended to attract spectators or participants or provide entertainment;

        structure means any building, shelter, equipment, fence, path, jetty, mooring or other thing that is fixed to land or to anything that is fixed to land;

        undertake , works, acts or activities, includes to cause the works, acts or activities to be undertaken;

        vehicle means any thing used or capable of being used to transport people or things by air, road or rail;

        vessel means any thing used or capable of being used to transport people or things by water.

        [Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 28 Aug 2012 p. 4132-3; SL 2023/14 r. 4; SL 2024/253 r. 4.]

[ 3.         Deleted: Gazette 28 Aug 2012 p. 4133.]