# Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992, Section 8: Interpretation and application.

Extent: E+W

(1) Any reference in this Act to an “entry” upon any servient land includes a reference to the doing on that land of anything necessary for carrying out the works to the dominant land which are reasonably necessary for its preservation; and “enter” shall be construed accordingly.
(2) This Act applies in relation to any obstruction of, or other interference with, a right over, or interest in, any land as it applies in relation to an entry upon that land; and “enter” and “entry” shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In this Act—
“access order” has the meaning given by section 1(1) above;
“applicant” means a person making an application for an access order and, subject to section 4 above, “the respondent” means the respondent, or any of the respondents, to such an application;
“the court” means the High Court or the county court;
“the dominant land” and “the servient land” respectively have the meanings given by section 1(1) above, but subject, in the case of servient land, to section 2(1) above;
“land” does not include a highway;
“the specified works” means the works specified in the access order in pursuance of section 2(1)(a) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/23/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-neighbouring-land-act-1992/section-8
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