Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, words or phrases shall have the meaning given to them by the Act and:

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000;

• “appeal” (“apêl) means an appeal to the National Assembly under sections 6(1), 30(3) or 38(3) of the Act;

• “appeal form” (“ffurflen apêl”) means the document through which an appeal is brought;

• “appellant” (“apelydd”) means a person who brings an appeal and, where two or more persons join in bringing an appeal, refers to all those persons jointly;

• “appointed person” (“person penodedig”) means a person appointed by the National Assembly under section 8 of the Act;

• “assessor” (“asesydd”) means a person appointed by the National Assembly under paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

• “conclusive map” (“map terfynol”) means a map issued by the Council in conclusive form under section 9 of the Act;

• “the Council” (“y Cyngor”) means the Countryside Council for Wales;

• “electronic form” (“ffurf electronig”) means a form capable of being stored on, transmitted to and from, and read by means of a computer;

• “inquiry” (“ymchwiliad”) means a public local inquiry;

• references to an “interest” (“buddiant”) in land are to be interpreted in accordance with section 45(1) of the Act;

• “interested person” (personau â diddordeb”) means a person (other than an appellant or a respondent) who has made representations to the National Assembly in relation to an appeal, unless it appears to the National Assembly that the representation in question was made frivolously or vexatiously;

• “legible form” (“ffurf ddarllenadwy”) means, in relation to a document sent by means of an electronic communication, a form in which it is capable of being read on a computer screen;

• “open country” (“tir agored”) has the meaning given by section 1(2) of the Act;

• “outline statement” (“datganiad amlinellol”) means a statement outlining the case which a person wishes to put forward in relation to an appeal;

• “person” (“person”) and “persons” (“personau”) include individuals, corporations and unincorporated bodies;

• “persons entitled to take part” (“personau â hawl i gymryd rhan”) means those persons specified as such in regulations 13 and 23, as appropriate;

• “pre-inquiry meeting” (“cyfarfod cyn-ymchwiliad”) 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, reference to the conclusion of a pre-inquiry meeting is a reference to the conclusion of the final meeting;

• “provisional map” (“map dros dro”) means a map issued by the Council in provisional form under section 5(d) or 5(e) of the Act;

• “the Provisional Maps Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Mapiau Dros Dro”) means the Countryside Access (Provisional and Conclusive Maps) (Wales) Regulations 2002^f1;

• “registered common land” (“tir comin cofrestredig”) has the meaning given by section 1(3) of the Act;

• “relevant time limits” (“terfynau amser perthnasol”) means the time limits set by these Regulations or, where the National Assembly has exercised its power under regulation 31 to extend the time prescribed by these Regulation, those limits as so extended;

• “the respondent” (“yr atebydd”) means the person whose decision is the subject of the appeal;

• “section 4(2) land” (“tir adran 4(2)”) means the registered common land and open country in respect of which the Council is required to prepare maps in accordance with section 4(2) of the Act;

• “starting date” (“dyddiad cychwyn”) has the meaning given in regulation 5(4); and

• “statement of case” (“datganiad o achos”) means a written statement containing full particulars of the case which a person proposes to put forward in relation to an appeal, a list of documents which that party intends to rely on and any documents and/or maps which the National Assembly considers it necessary to request that person to provide.

In these Regulations, unless otherwise specified, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

In reckoning any period which is expressed in these Regulations to be a period from a given date, that date is to be excluded and, where the day or the last day on which anything is required by, or in pursuance with, these Regulations to be done is a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, bank holiday or a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning, the requirement shall be deemed to relate to the first day thereafter which is not one of the days before-mentioned.