3Terms used

3. Terms used

(1) In this Act unless the contrary intention appears —

authorised person means a person to whom section 38(1) applies;

certificate of registration or certificate means a certificate issued under section 29;

Committee means the Advisory Committee constituted pursuant to section 21;

Department means a department of the Public Service of the State;

Director General means the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

district means, in relation to a local government, the district of that local government plus any other areas which the Governor has declared, under section 5(3), are to be regarded as being part of the district;

drive includes riding a vehicle, and driver includes a rider having the control of a vehicle;

infringement notice means a notice of the kind referred to in section 37(1);

motor car means a vehicle that is not a motor cycle and that is designed —

(a) mainly to carry people; and

(b) to seat not more than 8 adults (including the driver);

motor cycle means a vehicle that —

(a) is designed to travel on 2 wheels; or

(b) although not designed to travel on 2 wheels, is designed so that the driver sits astride it, or part of it, in a manner similar to that customary for a vehicle designed to travel on 2 wheels;

off‑road vehicle means a vehicle which is not licensed, deemed to be licensed, or the subject of a permit granted, under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012;

owner, in relation to a vehicle, means —

(a) the person who is entitled to the immediate possession of the vehicle; or

(b) if there are several persons entitled to its immediate possession, the person whose entitlement is paramount,

but if one of 2 or more persons fitting that description has been nominated for the purposes of section 3(2), it means only the person nominated;

permitted area means an area declared as such by the Minister pursuant to section 12 or to section 13 and specified in a notice published pursuant to section 12;

private land means land of a kind to which the provisions of section 39(2)(a) applies, or land to which paragraph (b) of that subsection relates;

prohibited area means an area established as such by the Minister and specified in a notice published pursuant to section 16;

public authority means a Department or State instrumentality, a local government within its district, and any other person or body, whether corporate or not, who or which under the authority of any Act is charged with the carrying out of any duty whilst acting in the discharge of that duty;