# The Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1987, Article 2: Interpretation


In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
“applicant” means the Central Electricity Generating Board or, as the case may be, any Area Board established by section 1 of the Electricity Act 1947;
“assessor” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State to sit with an inspector at an inquiry or reopened inquiry to advise the inspector on such matters as the Secretary of State may specify;
“document”includes a photograph, map or plan;
“electric line” has the same meaning as in section 32 of the Electric Lighting Act 1882;
“generating station” has the same meaning as in section 36 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919;
“inquiry” means any inquiry to which these Rules apply;
“inspector” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State to hold an inquiry or a re-opened inquiry;
“the land” means the land (including trees or buildings) to which an inquiry relates;
“local planning authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 34 (1A) of the Electricity Act 1957;
“outline statement” means a written statement of the principal submissions which a 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 it is conducted efficiently and expeditiously;
“relevant date” means the date of the Secretary of State’s written notice to the applicant and the local planning authority of his intention to cause an inquiry to be held, and “relevant notice” means that notice;
“section 34 party” means a party who has objected to the application in accordance with the provisions of —
(i) section 2 of the Electric Lighting Act 1909;
(ii) section 21 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919; or
(iii) regulations made under section 34(2) of the Electricity Act 1957;
and whose objections have not been withdrawn;
“service line” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899;
“statement of case” means a written statement which contains full particulars of the case which a person proposes to put forward at an inquiry and a list of any documents which that person intends to refer to or put in evidence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2182/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-generating-stations-and-overhead-lines-inquiries-procedure-rules-1987/article-2
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