{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/59.1-519.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/59.1-519.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/59.1-519.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/59.1-519.html"}],"law_id":373351,"edition_id":2,"section_id":373351,"structure_id":53131,"section_number":"59.1-519","catch_line":"Definitions","history":"2002, c. 788.","full_text":"As used in this chapter:\n\n“Amusement device” 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.\n\n“Operator” means the entity listed as operator on the Certificate of Inspection issued for the amusement device pursuant to \u00a7 36-98.3 and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.\n\n“Owner” means the entity listed as owner on the Certificate of Inspection issued for the amusement device pursuant to \u00a7 36-98.3 and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.\n\n“Parent or guardian” means any parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person having immediate control or charge of a child.\n\n“Rider” means any person who is (i) waiting in the immediate vicinity to get on an amusement device; 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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 788<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":360870,"section_number":"36-98.3","catch_line":"Amusement devices","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-98.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1489461,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373351,"identifier":"59.1-519","token":"59.1\/45\/59.1-519","url":"\/59.1-519\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-519\/","token":"59.1\/45\/59.1-519","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-519","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:<\/p>

“Amusement device<\/span>” means (i) a device or structure open to the public by which persons are conveyed or moved in an unusual manner for diversion<\/span> 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.<\/p>

“Operator<\/span>” means the entity listed as operator<\/span> on the Certificate of Inspection issued for the amusement device<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 36-98.3<\/a> and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.<\/p>

“Owner<\/span>” means the entity listed as owner<\/span> on the Certificate of Inspection issued for the amusement device<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 36-98.3<\/a> and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.<\/p>

“Parent or guardian<\/span>” means any parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person having immediate control or charge of a child.<\/p>

“Rider<\/span>” means any person who is (i) waiting in the immediate vicinity to get on an amusement device<\/span>; (ii) getting on an amusement device<\/span>; (iii) using an amusement device<\/span>; (iv) getting off an amusement device<\/span>; or (v) leaving an amusement device<\/span> and still in its immediate vicinity. “Rider<\/span>” does not include employees, agents, or servants of the owner<\/span> or operator<\/span> of the amusement device<\/span> while engaged in the duties of their employment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-519)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\n“Amusement device” means (i) a device or structure open to the\npublic by which persons are conveyed or moved in an unusual manner for diversion\nand (ii) a device suspended in the air by the use of steel cables, chains,\nbelts, or ropes, and usually supported by trestles or towers with one or more\nspans, also known as a passenger tramway, used to transport passengers uphill.\n\n“Operator” means the entity listed as operator on the Certificate of\nInspection issued for the amusement device pursuant to \u00a7 36-98.3 and the\nregulations promulgated pursuant thereto.\n\n“Owner” means the entity listed as owner on the Certificate of\nInspection issued for the amusement device pursuant to \u00a7 36-98.3 and the\nregulations promulgated pursuant thereto.\n\n“Parent or guardian” means any parent, guardian, legal custodian or\nother person having immediate control or charge of a child.\n\n“Rider” means any person who is (i) waiting in the immediate\nvicinity to get on an amusement device; (ii) getting on an amusement device;\n(iii) using an amusement device; (iv) getting off an amusement device; or (v)\nleaving an amusement device and still in its immediate vicinity.\n“Rider” does not include employees, agents, or servants of the owner\nor operator of the amusement device while engaged in the duties of their\nemployment.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 788.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}