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ROAD TRANSPORT (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1977 - SECT 4A

Meaning of public place

    (1)     For this Act—

"public place "means:

        (a)     an off-street parking area; or

        (b)     an area for the parking of motor vehicles on, or in the vicinity of, licensed premises; or

        (c)     an area for the parking of motor vehicles by people attending a drive-in or other open-air theatre or cinema; or

        (d)     a loading area; or

        (e)     a wharf, pier or jetty; or

        (f)     the foreshores of a lake; or

        (g)     a park, reserve, recreational or sporting ground, racecourse or other open place, that is used by the public or to which the public has access, whether with or without payment for admission; or

        (h)     the entrances to and the exits from, and the passages and driveways in, an area or place mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (g).

    (2)     In this section:

"foreshores", of a lake—see the Lakes Act 1976 , dictionary.

"lake"—see the Lakes Act 1976 , dictionary.

"licensed premises"—see the Liquor Act 1975 , dictionary.

"loading area" means any part of the area, other than an area on which a building is erected, bounded by the public streets known as—

        (a)     Petrie Street, Alinga Street, East Row and London Circuit; or

        (b)     Petrie Street, Bunda Street, Garema Place and Alinga Street; or

        (c)     East Row, Alinga Street, Northbourne Avenue and London Circuit; or

        (d)     Northbourne Avenue, Alinga Street, West Row and London Circuit.

"off-street parking area" means an area available for use by the public, whether with or without the payment of money, for the parking of motor vehicles, and includes an area—

        (a)     situated between the entrances to and exits from the area and a public street; and

        (b)     used for access to the area.



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