Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

• “the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

• “agricultural buildings” has the meaning provided by paragraphs 2 to 8 of Schedule 5 to the 1988 Act^f1;

• “agricultural land” has the meaning provided by paragraphs 2 and 4 to 8 of Schedule 5 to the 1988 Act;

• “annual value property” means a hereditament comprising agricultural land or agricultural buildings in respect of which drainage rates may be assessed under the principal Act or any local Act;

• “board” means an internal drainage board the continued existence of which is confirmed by section 140 of the Water Act 1989^f2 or which is constituted or re-constituted pursuant to sections 11 to 13 of the principal Act;

• “district” means an internal drainage district the continued existence of which is confirmed by section 140 of the Water Act 1989 or which is constituted or re-constituted pursuant to section 11 of the principal Act;

• “land” has the meaning provided by section 116(1) of the principal Act;

• “local charging authority” in relation to a board means a charging authority for any area wholly or partly included in their district;

• “the National Rivers Authority” means the National Rivers Authority established by section 1 of the Water Act 1989;

• “the principal Act” means the Land Drainage Act 1976^f3;

• “register” in relation to a board means the register prepared by the board in accordance with the Registers of Drainage Boards Regulations 1968^f4;

• “valuation list” means a valuation list maintained under Part V of the General Rate 1967^f5.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.