Cemetery Local Law 2016
2346GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2 May 2017
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2346 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2 May 2017 date of publication means, where local public notice is required to be given of a matter under this local law, the date on which notice of the matter is published in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the district; determination means a determination made under clause 2.1; function means an event or activity characterised by all or any of the following— (a) formal organisation and preparation; (b) its occurrence is generally advertised or notified in writing to particular persons; (c) organisation by or on behalf of a club; (d) payment of a fee to attend it; and (e) systematic recurrence in relation to the day, time and place; General Regulations means the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; Health Act means the Health Act 1911; liquor has the same meaning as is given to it in section 3 of the Liquor Control Act 1988; local government property means anything except a thoroughfare— (a) which belongs to the local government; (b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration Act 1997; or (c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act; local public notice has the same meaning as in section 1.7 of the Act; nuisance means— (a) an activity or condition which is harmful or annoying and which gives rise to legal liability in the tort of public or private nuisance at law; (b) an unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of a person of his or her ownership or occupation of land; or (c) interference which causes materials damage to land or other property on the land affected by the interference; permit means a permit issued under this local law; permit holder means a person who holds a valid permit; person does not include the local government; pool area means any swimming and wading pools and spas and all buildings, structures, fittings, fixtures, machinery, chattels, furniture and equipment forming part of or used in connection with such swimming and wading pools and spas which are local government pool manager means the person for the time being employed by the local government to control and manage a pool area or other facility which is local government property and includes the person’s assistant or deputy; prohibited drug is given its meaning under section 4 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981; sign includes a notice, flag, mark, structure or device approved by the local government on which may be shown words, numbers, expressions or symbols; trading means the selling or hiring, or the offering for sale or hire of goods or services, and includes displaying goods for the purpose of— (a) offering them for sale or hire; (b) inviting offers for their sale or hire; (c) soliciting orders for them; or (d) carrying out any other transaction in relation to them; and vehicle includes— (a) every conveyance and every object capable of being propelled or drawn on wheels, tracks or otherwise; and (b) an animal being ridden or driven, but excludes— (c) a wheelchair or any device designed for use by a physically impaired person on a footpath; and (d) a pram, a stroller, shopping trolley or a similar device. 1.7 Interpretation In this local law, a reference to local government property includes a reference to any part of that local government property.