Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

WATERWAYS CONSERVATION REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 2

2 .         Terms used

        (1)         In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears — 

        Act means the Waterways Conservation Act 1976 , as amended;

        aircraft means a machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air;

        Jetties Act means Jetties Act 1926 , as amended;

        proximate to any waters , in relation to associated land on which any thing is done or which is used for any purpose, means within such distance from any waters that, in the opinion of the Minister, the doing of the thing on that associated land or its use for that purpose is capable of affecting the enjoyment, whether aesthetically or otherwise, of a person using those waters or using any development of the associated land that is immediately adjacent to, and primarily intended for the better enjoyment of, those waters;

        regulation is a reference to a provision of these regulations;

        Schedule means schedule to these regulations;

        subregulation means subregulation of the regulation in which the word is used.

        (2)         Unless the contrary intention appears expressions used in these regulations have the same respective meanings as are given them in and for the purposes of the Act.

        (3)         The several forms set out in Schedule 1 are prescribed for the respective purposes for which forms are required by these regulations, and a reference in these regulations to a form by its number is a reference to the form so numbered in Schedule 1.

        [Regulation 2 amended in Gazette 22 Jan 1999 p. 221; 23 Nov 2010 p. 5865.]