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Section 61 Interpretation

England and Wales

(1)

In this Act—

  • “appropriate national authority” means—

    1. the Secretary of State, in relation to England; and

    2. the F1Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales;

  • “commons council” means a commons council established under Part 2;

  • “land” includes land covered by water;

  • “nature conservation” means the conservation of flora and fauna and geological and physiographical features;

  • “regulations” means regulations made by the appropriate national authority;

  • “register of title” means the register kept under section 1 of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);

  • “right of common” includes a cattlegate or beastgate (by whatever name known) and a right of sole or several vesture or herbage or of sole or several pasture, but does not include a right held for a term of years or from year to year.

(2)

In this Act—

(a)

any reference to land registered as common land or a town or village green is to land so registered in a register of common land or town or village greens;

(b)

any reference to a register of common land or town or village greens is to such a register kept under Part 1 of this Act.

(3)

In this Act—

(a)

references to the ownership or the owner of any land are references to the ownership of a legal estate in fee simple in the land or to the person holding that estate;

(b)

references to land registered in the register of title are references to land the fee simple of which is so registered.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 61(1) substituted (6.9.2015) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(a), Sch. 7 para. 9