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;
(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;