3Definitions

3 Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act—

council has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act 1993.

Crown land has the same meaning as it has in the Crown Land Management Act 2016.

interfere with a tree includes cut down, fell, remove, kill, destroy, poison, ringbark, uproot or burn a tree or any part of a tree (including its roots).

owner of land includes the occupier of the land.

the Court means the Land and Environment Court.

tree includes any woody perennial plant, any plant resembling a tree in form and size, and any other plant prescribed by the regulations.

window includes a glass sliding door, a door with a window, a skylight and any other similar thing.

(1A) For the purposes of this Act—

(a) a reference to land within a zone designated “rural-residential” includes a reference to land within a “large lot residential” land use zone, and

(b) a reference to land within a particular designated zone includes a reference to land within any zone prescribed by the regulations as a zone equivalent to that particular designated zone but does not include a reference to land within any zone prescribed by the regulations as a zone that is not equivalent to that particular designated zone.

(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.

s 3: Am 2010 No 27, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.99.