UNCOLLECTED GOODS ACT 1996 (NO. 86 OF 1996)

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UNCOLLECTED GOODS ACT 1996 (NO. 86 OF 1996) - SECT 4

Interpretation

4. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—“authorised officer” means an authorised officer under section 16; “carriageway”, in relation to a public street, includes the gutter, if any, of the public street; “goods” means moveable personal property, including animals and food; “goods of low value” means uncollected goods having a net value of more than $20 but less than $500; “goods of no value” means uncollected goods having a net value of $20 or less; “goods of significant value” means uncollected goods having a net value of $500 or more; “leased public baths” means public baths of which a lease has been granted by the Minister administering the Public Baths and Public Bathing Act 1956;

“manager” means—

(a) in relation to any public baths which are not leased public baths—the person for the time being occupying, or performing the duties of, the office of manager of the baths or, if there is no such office, the person who, for the time being, is the senior attendant at the baths; and

(b) in relation to leased public baths—the lessee of the baths;

“net value”, in relation to goods, means the market value of the goods less the reasonable costs of selling the goods including removal, storage, preservation, transportation and advertising costs;
“off-street parking area” means an area of land available for use by the public, whether with or without the payment of money, for the parking of motor vehicles, and includes—

(a) the entrances to, the exits from and the passageways in such an area; and

(b) the area of land that is situated between the entrances to and the exits from such an area and a public street and that is used for access to the area;

“owner” means the owner of goods in the possession of another person;
“perishable goods” means—

(a) animals;

(b) perishable foodstuffs; or

“personal effects” includes private and personal papers, official records, bankbooks, certificates and photographs;
“possessor” means a person in possession of goods belonging to another person;
“public baths” means any baths or swimming pool declared under subsection 6 (2) of the Public Baths and Public Bathing Act 1956 to be public baths, and includes all land, buildings and other improvements within the boundary fences and boundary walls enclosing the baths or swimming pool;
“public place” means—

(a) an off-street parking area;

(b) a loading area;

(d) the Lake Burley Griffin foreshores; or

(e) any part of a park, reserve, recreational or sporting ground, racecourse, or any other open place, to which the public has access whether with or without payment for admission, other than a street, road or lane that is prepared with cement or concrete or is sealed with bitumen or other sealing substance;

“public street” means a street, road, lane or footpath (including a street, road, lane or footpath on or forming part of a bridge) that is open to or used by the public, but does not include—

(a) an entrance-driveway leading to a parcel of land; or

(b) any part of a public place;

“retention area” means an area declared under section 17 to be a retention area for the purposes of Division 4 of Part II;
“trust bank account” means a trust bank account opened by the Minister or the Chief Executive and maintained under section 51 of the Financial Management Act 1996 ;
“uncollected goods” has the meaning given by section 5;
“value” means the price goods would attract in the market where no special or extraordinary effort would be expended in selling them, irrespective of a particular contract;
“vehicle” means any means of conveyance which runs on wheels but does not include any vehicle used on a railway or a wheelchair;

Division 1—Meaning of uncollected goods

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