39Definitions

39 Definitions

39 Definitions

In this Part—

pesticide use notification plan—see clause 40 (1) (a).

prescribed public place means—

(a) any of the following to which the public is entitled to have access (whether or not on payment of a fee)—

(i) a public garden, picnic area, playground, park, sporting field or oval,

(ii) public land owned or controlled by a public authority (for example, a road verge, rail easement or an easement for electricity purposes or for the purposes of other utilities),

(iii) land reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or any State forest or Crown land, or

(b) the grounds of any government school (within the meaning of the Education Act 1990) or any establishment maintained by the Technical and Further Education Commission,

but does not include the inside of any building or structure located at such a place.

public authority, in addition to the meaning given by the Act, includes the following—

(a) a Minister,

(b) an electricity network SOC within the meaning of the Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015,

(c) on and from 1 July 2018—a University within the meaning of the Universities Governing Bodies Act 2011.

publish in a newspaper means in a newspaper that is published in print or on a publicly accessible website (or both) and that circulates—

(a) in the case of a public authority that operates throughout the State—generally in the State, or

(b) in the case of a public authority that operates only in a particular local area or local areas—generally in that local area or those local areas, or

(c) in the case of a public authority that is a local council—generally in the local government area of that council.

sensitive place means any of the following—

(a) a school, pre-school, kindergarten or childcare centre,