Regulation 2 Interpretation and application

In these Regulations the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—

• “the Act” means the Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

• “the appointed person” means the person appointed by the Secretary of State to hold an inquiry;

• “the authority”, in relation to any order, means the local highway authority making or proposing to make the order under the Act;

• “local authority” means the council of a district or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London;

• “the objection period” means the period specified in the notice required by Regulation 4 of these Regulations within which objections to an order may be made;

• “operational land” means, in relation to statutory undertakers—

  1. (a)

     land which is used for the purpose of carrying on their undertaking; and

  2. (b)

     land in which an interest is held for that purpose,

  not being land which, in respect of its nature and situation, is comparable rather with land in general than with land which is used, or in which interests are held, for the purpose of the carrying on of statutory undertakings;

• “order” means, in relation to anything occurring or falling to be done before its making, the order as proposed to be made, and in relation to anything occurring or falling to be done on or after its making, the order as made; and

• “statutory undertakers” has the same meaning as in section 2(3) of the Act and “statutory undertakings” shall be construed accordingly.

These Regulations apply to orders made or proposed to be made by a local highway authority under section 3 of the Act.

Regulations 3, 4, 7 and 10 of these Regulations apply to orders made or proposed to be made under section 3(9) of the Act with the substitution for the expression “footpath” of the expression “cycle track”.