{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/playing-fields-community-involvement-in-disposal-decisions-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/playing-fields-community-involvement-in-disposal-decisions-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1403",
  "legislation_title": "The Playing Fields (Community Involvement in Disposal Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/playing-fields-community-involvement-in-disposal-decisions-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 2013 Act” (“Deddf 2013”) means the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013;\n“the consultation period” (“y cyfnod ymgynghori”) means the period specified by a local authority in accordance with regulation 5(2)(c) and (5);\n“decision to dispose” (“penderfyniad i waredu”) means where a local authority decides to enter into an agreement to dispose, or in the absence of such an agreement, decides to dispose;\n“dispose” (“gwaredu”) means to grant any estate or interest in land, and “disposal” (“gwarediad”) is to be construed accordingly;\n“playing field” (“cae chwarae”) means the whole of an open space which encompasses at least one playing pitch;\n“playing pitch” (“llain chwarae”) means a delineated area which, together with any run-off area, is of—\n(a) 0.2 hectares or more and which is used for sport including, but not limited to, association football, American football, rugby, cricket, hockey, lacrosse, rounders, baseball, softball, Australian football, Gaelic football, shinty, hurling, polo, cycle polo, athletics or golf;\n(b) 0.1 hectares or more and which is used for playing bowls; or\n(c) 0.04 hectares or more and which is used for playing basketball, netball or tennis; and.\n“proposed decision to dispose” (“penderfyniad arfaethedig i waredu”) means where a local authority is considering making a decision to enter into an agreement to dispose, or in the absence of such an agreement, is considering making a decision to dispose.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.10.2015, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2013 anaw 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Local authority” has the same meaning as defined in section 1(3) of the Playing Fields (Community Involvement in Disposal Decisions) (Wales) Measure 2010. It means a county or county borough council, a community council (including a town council) and a National Park authority."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1403/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:09.365564+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}