                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 59.1-519)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Amusement device&#8221; means (i) a device or structure open to the
public by which persons are conveyed or moved in an unusual manner for diversion
and (ii) a device suspended in the air by the use of steel cables, chains,
belts, or ropes, and usually supported by trestles or towers with one or more
spans, also known as a passenger tramway, used to transport passengers uphill.
		&#8220;Operator&#8221; means the entity listed as operator on the Certificate
of Inspection issued for the amusement device pursuant to § 36-98.3 and the
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
		&#8220;Owner&#8221; means the entity listed as owner on the Certificate of
Inspection issued for the amusement device pursuant to § 36-98.3 and the
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
		&#8220;Parent or guardian&#8221; means any parent, guardian, legal custodian
or other person having immediate control or charge of a child.
		&#8220;Rider&#8221; means any person who is (i) waiting in the immediate
vicinity to get on an amusement device; (ii) getting on an amusement device;
(iii) using an amusement device; (iv) getting off an amusement device; or (v)
leaving an amusement device and still in its immediate vicinity.
&#8220;Rider&#8221; does not include employees, agents, or servants of the owner
or operator of the amusement device while engaged in the duties of their
employment.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 788.