2 October 2014 Chapter 25 - Definitions DUMPING means: a) In relation to waste or other matter, its deliberate disposal; and b) In relation to a ship, an aircraft, or an offshore installation, its deliberate disposal or abandonment; - but does not include the disposal of waste or other matter incidental to, or derived from, the normal operations of a ship, aircraft, or offshore installation, if the purpose of those operations does not include the disposal, or the treatm ent or transportation for disposal, of that waste or other matter; and ‘to dump’ an d ‘dumped’ have corresponding meanings. DUNELAND means a landform comprised of mound(s), ridge(s) or hill(s) formed by wind-drifted sand. ECOSYSTEM means a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment, interacting as a functional unit. EFFECT has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. EFFLUENT FILTER means a device, other than a pump screen, fitted at the outlet of a septic tank and designed to prevent solids 3 millimetres or greater in size passing from the tank to the land application area. EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITIES means a police station or base, fire station, or ambulance station. ENVIRONMENT has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING means any substance which, by effects other than toxicity, is able SUBSTANCE to damage an aquatic ecosystem (for example, milk). EROSION means any particulate or mass movement of soil under the influence of wind, water or gravity. ESPLANADE RESERVE has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. ESPLANADE STRIP means a strip of land created by the registration of an instrument in accordance with section 232 of the Act for a purpose or purposes set out in section 229 of the Act. EXCAVATION means to dig out soil from the ground such that the surface contour of the land is permanently altered and to erect, construct, or lay paving, drainage, stabilisation structures or other works necessary to the management of the excavation. EXCLUSIVE OCCUPATION means a legal right to exclude public access over a defined parcel of the Coastal Marine Area. EXOTIC PLANT means a plant which is not native to New Zealand. These may include introduced plants which are species not native to New Zealand, but have been brought in by accident or design. FAA means the United States Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Office of Environment and Energy, Washington DC 20591. FAMILY FLAT Means a building of less than 80 square metres gross floor area used to accommodate up to two family members of a person residing in the principal residential unit on the propert y. FARM AIRSTRIP AND HELIPAD means a facility for the use of aircraft or helicopters integral to the farming or forestry use of land. FARM PRODUCE in relation to a rural selling place means livestock matter and vegetative matter produced on a farming unit. In the case of vegetation vegetative matter farm produce means any vegetative matter which has not been subject to processing beyond cutting, cleaning, chilling, freezing, grading, packaging and includes the unprocessed extracted juices of such matter. In the case of livestock matter, farm produce means eggs and honey and includes any arts and crafts produced on the property. 25 – 5