# Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, Section 30: Interpretation


(1) In this Part—
“the Commission” means the Commission for Rural Communities;
“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26);
“nature conservation” means the conservation of flora, fauna or geological or physiographical features;
“research” includes inquiries and investigations.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, a public authority is any of the following—
(a) a Minister of the Crown;
(b) a public body (including a government department, a local authority and a local planning authority);
(c) a person holding an office—
(i) under the Crown,
(ii) created or continued in existence by a public general Act, or
(iii) the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament;
(d) a statutory undertaker.
(3) In subsection (2)—
“local authority” means a county council, a district council, a parish council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
“local planning authority” has the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);
“statutory undertaker” means a person who is or is deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-30
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