Queensland Consolidated Acts

PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY ACT 1992 - SECT 4

In this Act--

appropriate police office, in relation to a proposed public assembly, means a police office in the police district in which the assembly is to be held;

assembly notice means a notice of intention to hold a public assembly mentioned in section 7;

clerk, in relation to a local authority, includes a town clerk;

Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Police Service within the meaning of the Police Service Administration Act 1990;

mediation session has the meaning given by section 1.3 of the Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990;

organiser, in relation to a public assembly for which an assembly notice has been given, means the person specified in the notice as the person responsible for organising and conducting the assembly;

place of assembly, in relation to an assembly that is a procession, includes a place at or through which it is proposed the assembly will stop or pass;

police district means a district established by the Commissioner for the efficient and proper administration, management and functioning of the Police Service;

police office means a place in relation to which a declaration declaring the place to be a police establishment or police station is in force under section 10.10 of the Police Service Administration Act 1990;

public assembly means an assembly held in a public place, whether or not the assembly is at a particular place or moving;

public place includes--

(a) a road; and

(b) a place open to or used by the public as of right; and

(c) a place for the time being open to or used by the public, whether or not--

(i) the place is ordinarily open to or used by the public; or

(ii) by the express or implied consent of the owner or occupier; or

(iii) on payment of money;

representative means--

(a) in relation to the Commissioner--a police officer nominated by the Commissioner; or

(b) in relation to a local authority--an officer of the local authority nominated by it;

road has the meaning given by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.