2Interpretation

1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

   depositing, in relation to litter, includes—

   1. casting, placing, throwing, or dropping litter; and
   2. allowing litter to be cast, thrown, dropped, or to escape, from any motor vehicle or trailer

   infringement offence means any offence specified under section 15(1)

   litter includes any refuse, rubbish, animal remains, glass, metal, garbage, debris, dirt, filth, rubble, ballast, stones, earth, or waste matter, or any other thing of a like nature

   Litter Control Officer or Officer means any person appointed or deemed to have been appointed as such under section 5 or section 6

   Litter Warden or Warden means any person appointed as such under section 8

   occupier, in relation to any land or premises, means any lessee, licensee, or other occupant of the land, and includes the owner or the agent of the owner where there is no apparent occupier

   private land means every place other than a public place

   public authority means—

   1. a territorial authority, the New Zealand Transport Agency, the Wellington Regional Water Board, the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority, a harbour board, an airport authority within the meaning of section 2 of the Airport Authorities Act 1966, an airport operator within the meaning of section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023, and an administering body within the meaning of section 2 of the Reserves Act 1977:
   2. in relation to any cemetery, any persons for the time being holding office as trustees of that cemetery under the Burial and Cremation Act 1964:
   3. all other bodies or classes of bodies which by any Act, or by the Governor-General by Order in Council (see subsection (2)), are from time to time declared to be public authorities for the purposes of this Act

   public place includes—but does not include any site for the disposal of litter, or any receptacle installed in any such public place pursuant to this Act or any other Act

   1. every motorway, road, street, private street, footpath, access way, service lane, court, mall, and thoroughfare:
   2. any public reserve within the meaning of section 2 of the Reserves Act 1977 to which the public generally has access, whether with or without payment of any fee, and any reserve under that Act classified as a nature reserve or a scientific reserve:
   3. any park, garden, or other place of public recreation to which the public has access, whether with or without payment of any fee:
   4. any beach or foreshore, or the bank of any river or stream, or the margin of any lake, to which the public traditionally has access, whether with or without payment of any fee:
   5. any waters to which the public traditionally has access, whether with or without payment of any fee, for bathing or other recreational purposes:
   6. every wharf, pier, or jetty (whether under the control of a harbour board or not) to which the public has access:
   7. any conservation area within the meaning of the Conservation Act 1987:
   8. any aerodrome within the meaning of section 5 of the Civil Aviation Act 2023:
   9. any cemetery within the meaning of section 2 of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964:
   10. any land vested in or controlled by any local authority (within the meaning of section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002) or the Crown, being land that is not occupied pursuant to any lease, licence, or other authority by any private person:
   11. any national park constituted under the National Parks Act 1980:
   12. any other place whether public or private in the open air, including any walkway within the meaning of section 4 of the Walking Access Act 2008, to which the public has access, whether with or without payment of any fee,—

   territorial authority means a territorial authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2002

   traffic officer means an enforcement officer under the Land Transport Act 1998.

2. An order under paragraph (c) of the definition of public authority in subsection (1) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).