S.L. 363.239 Art. 2Interpretation. 

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Local Government Act;

"applicant" means any individual applying for a permit and shall include the person giving notice of the temporary placing of a caravan in accordance with these regulations;

"application" means a request made by an applicant to the Local Council in accordance with these regulations, in the forms listed in the First or Second Schedule to these regulations;

"authority" includes any Ministry or Government department or agency and any joint body set up by law;

"caravan" means any vehicle with its own power or otherwise, designed for the transportation of persons and is equipped with beds and, or is equipped with facilities for the cooking of food;

"Council" means a Local Council;

"day" means from midnight of a specific day to midnight of the next day;

"Department" means the Department responsible for the monitoring and support of Local Government as defined in the Act;

"locality" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Act;

"notice" means notice given in writing or by electronic means to the Department in accordance with the Third Schedule, and the words "giving notice" shall be interpreted accordingly;

"person placing a caravan" means the person who is the owner of a caravan, or the person who possesses the caravan with the permission of its owner, and who places a caravan in a locality or in a temporary camping area after obtaining a permit from a Council following an application submitted in accordance with the First Schedule or the Second Schedule, or after having given notice to the Department in accordance with the Third Schedule;

"placing" means a parking in the same locality for a period exceeding four (4) hours or for combined periods on the same day which exceed four (4) hours;

"temporary camping area" means any area specified in a bye-law issued with the prior concurrence of the Minister by a Local Council after obtaining permits required in accordance with any law, where caravans can be placed for a period not exceeding seven (7) days between 1st June and 30th September.