Article 2 Interpretation

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections and Schedules of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981^f1 and:

• “assessor” means a person appointed by the Minister to sit with an inspector at an inquiry or reopened inquiry to advise the inspector on such matters arising as the Minister may specify;

• “document” includes a photograph, map or plan;

• “inquiry” means a local inquiry in relation to which these Rules apply;

• “inspector” means a person appointed by the Minister to hold an inquiry or a reopened inquiry;

• “land” means the land to which the order relates or, where a right over land is proposed to be acquired, the land over which such a right would be exercised;

• “the Minister” means the Minister of the Crown who has, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1, prepared in draft an order authorising the compulsory purchase of land by him;

• “order” means a compulsory purchase order as defined in section 7;

• “outline statement” means in relation to a person a written statement of the principal submissions which that person proposes to put forward at an inquiry;

• “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;

• “relevant date” means the date of the Minister’s notice under rule 4; and

• “relevant notice” means that notice;

• “statement of case” means a written statement containing full particulars of the case which a person proposes to put forward at an inquiry (including where that person is the Minister the reasons for making the order), and a list of any documents which that person intends to refer to or put in evidence;

• “statutory objector” means any objector on whom the Minister is obliged by virtue of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1 to serve a notice of the draft order and whose objection has not been withdrawn.