# The Access to the Countryside (Provisional and Conclusive Maps) (England) Regulations 2002, Regulation 15: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In this Part—
“appeal land” means the land which is the subject of an appeal;
“appeal period” means, in relation to a provisional map, the period referred to in regulation 16(1);
“appeal procedure” means the procedure for determining the issues arising on an appeal or for determining any consequential issue, by means of a hearing or inquiry or on the basis of written representations, as determined by the Secretary of State under regulation 19(1)(b);
“appointed person” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 8 to determine an appeal or any matter involved in such an appeal and having the powers conferred by paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 3 to the Act;
“assessor” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 3 to the Act to sit with an inspector at a hearing or inquiry and advise the inspector on any matters arising;
“consequential issue” means any issue, consequential on the determination of an appeal, as to the manner in which the discretion conferred on the Secretary of State by section 6(4) should be exercised;
“document” includes a photograph, map or plan;
“hearing” means a hearing in relation to which this Part applies;
“inquiry” means a local inquiry in relation to which this Part applies;
“inspector” means—
(a) an appointed person; or
(b) a person holding a hearing or inquiry and making a report to the Secretary of State in order for her to determine an appeal;
“questionnaire” means a document, in the form supplied by the Secretary of State, seeking information relating to the appeal or any consequential issue;
“pre-inquiry meeting” means a meeting held before an inquiry to consider what may be done with a view to securing that the inquiry is conducted efficiently and expeditiously, and, where two or more such meetings are held, references to the conclusion of a pre-inquiry meeting are references to the conclusion of the final meeting;
“proof of evidence” means a proof of evidence sent to the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 48;
“start date” means, in relation to certain periods prescribed by these Regulations as periods within which certain requirements so prescribed are to be complied with, the date on which such periods are to commence, as specified by the Secretary of State in her written notice to the appellant and the Agency under regulation 19;
“statement of case” means a written statement which contains full particulars of the case which a person proposes to put forward, at a hearing or inquiry or by way of written representations, in relation to the appeal or any consequential issue, and includes copies of any supporting documents which that person intends to refer to or put in evidence;
“statement of common ground” means a written statement prepared jointly by the appellant and the Agency pursuant to regulation 49 which contains agreed factual information about the appeal;
“transferred appeal” means an appeal or any matter involved in an appeal, in respect of which the Secretary of State has exercised her power in section 8 to appoint a person to determine the appeal or the matter, as the case may be, on her behalf, and, in relation to any such appeal, references in these Regulations to a decision on an appeal shall be construed as references to a decision on the appeal or the matter involved in an appeal (as the case may be) which that person has been appointed to determine; and
“written representations” includes supporting documents.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1710/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-provisional-and-conclusive-maps-england-regulations-2002/regulation-15
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