Last Updated: 3 March 2023

[LG 131,420] Interpretation2 

2
In these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires—
authorised

means duly authorised by the Council;

book

means any book or other printed or written matter, picture, print, photograph, film, engraving, etching, map, plan, chart, record or similar contrivance for reproducing sound, music score and any other article of a like nature forming part of the contents of the library;

clerk

means the town clerk, or the person for the time being acting as town clerk, of Savusavu;

Council

means the Savusavu Town Council;

dump

means the area of land used by the Council for the disposal of garbage;

fish

means all edible aquatic animals and foods other than shellfish and turtles;

handicrafts

means mats, baskets, earthenware or wooden vessels and other articles made, ornamented, finished or adapted for sale manually in Fiji;

librarian

means the person appointed as such by the Council or any other person authorised in that behalf by the Council;

library

means any public library belonging to or controlled by the Council;

loud speaker

includes a megaphone and any other device for amplifying sound;

market

means the place established as a market in the town of Savusavu;

market master

means the market master appointed by the Council and includes a deputy duly appointed by the Council;

offensive matter

means and includes offal, night soil, putrid meat, entrails of fish or poultry, carrion, blood, dung, manure, shells, bones, rags, fruit and vegetable refuse, soap lees, impure water and any other matter giving off an offensive odour or being in any way a nuisance or likely to be injurious to health;

poultry

means any edible live bird;

produce

means fish (fresh, frozen, dried or smoked), shellfish, turtles, turtle meat, poultry, eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables, rice, split peas, pulses, and any other agricultural, forest or marine product which is an article of food or drink, and includes locally grown tobacco, vegetable oils and ghee;

public park

means any park, garden, reserve, recreation area or sports ground vested in, or controlled or maintained by, the Council;

shellfish

means crabs, prawns, crayfish, oysters, mussels and all other edible molluscs and crustaceans;

stall

means any place within the market where produce or handicrafts are sold or offered for sale; and

supplier

means a person who supplies produce to a miller, manufacturer or processor.