Article 2 Interpretation

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “application” means an application made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 for —

  1. (a)

     consent under section 36 to construct, extend or operate a generating station;

  2. (b)

     consent under section 37 to instal or keep installed an electric line above ground,

  and “applicant” means the person making an application;

• “assessor” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State to sit with an inspector at an inquiry or reopened inquiry to advisethe inspector on such matters as the Secretary of State may specify;

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

• “electric line” and “generating station” have the same meanings as in section 64;

• “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;

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

• “person entitled to appear at an inquiry” means a person described in rule 11(1), and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “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;

• “qualifying objector” means —

  1. (a)

     where the Secretary of State has caused a public inquiry to be held under paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 8 in respect of an application anyone who has objected to the application in accordance with regulations under paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule;

  2. (b)

     where the Secretary of State has caused a public inquiry to be held under section 62 in respect of an application, notice of which was not required to be published by regulations under pararaph 3(1) of Schedule 8, anyone who has made a written objection in respect of the application to the Secretary of State or the relevant planning authority before the relevant date,

  and whose objection has not been withdrawn;

• “relevant date” means the date of the Secretary of State’s written notice to the applicant and the relevant planning authority ofhis intention to cause an inquiry to be held, and “relevant notice” means that notice;

• “relevant planning authority” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2(6)(a) of Schedule 8;

• “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.

Except where the context otherwise requires, in these rules —