{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lands-tribunal-statutory-undertakers-compensation-jurisdiction-order-1952/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1952/161",
  "legislation_title": "The Lands Tribunal (Statutory Undertakers Compensation Jurisdiction) Order 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lands-tribunal-statutory-undertakers-compensation-jurisdiction-order-1952",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—\n“The 1944 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act, 1944.\n“The 1947 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947.\n“The Lands Tribunal Act” means the Lands Tribunal Act, 1949.\n“The 1949 Rules” means the Lands Tribunal Rules, 1949.\n“Appropriate Minister” in relation to statutory undertakers as defined in the 1947 Act has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section one hundred and nineteen of the said Act and in relation to a heating undertaking authorised by any enactment (including a local or private Act) means the Minister of Housing and Local Government.\n“National Coal Board” means the National Coal Board established under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act, 1946.\n“Tribunal” means the member or members of the Lands Tribunal selected to deal with the case under the provisions of subsection (2) of section three of the Lands Tribunal Act.\n“The President” means the President of the Lands Tribunal or the member appointed under the provisions of the Lands Tribunal Act to act for the time being as deputy for the President.\n“The registrar” means the registrar for the time being of the Lands Tribunal.\n“Proceedings under this Order” means proceedings leading to the assessment of compensation by the Lands Tribunal pursuant to Article 3 of this Order.\n(2) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires any reference in this Order to any enactment or rules shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or those rules as amended extended or applied by or under any other enactment (including a local or private Act) or rules.\n(3) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 I, p. 2420."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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