# The Residential Property Tribunal Procedure (Wales) Regulations 2006, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Housing Act 2004;
“the 1985 Act” (“Deddf 1985”) means the Housing Act 1985;
“application” (“cais”) means an application or appeal to a tribunal under the Act or Part IX of the 1985 Act and “applicant” (“ceisydd”) bears a corresponding meaning;
“case management conference” (“cynhadledd rheoli achos”) means a pre-trial review or any other meeting held by a tribunal for the purpose of managing the proceedings in respect of an application;
“the Fees Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Ffioedd”) means the Residential Property Tribunals (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2006;
“IMO authorisation application” (“cais am awdurdodi gorchymyn rheoli dros dro”) means an application for authorisation to make an interim management order;
“interested person” (“person sydd â buddiant”) means in relation to a particular application—
(a) a person other than the applicant who would have been entitled under the Act or the 1985 Act (as the case may be) to make the application,
(b) a person to whom notice of the application must be given by the applicant in accordance with the following provisions of the Act—
(i) section 73(7);
(ii) section 96(7);
(iii) paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1; or
(iv) paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 3;
(c) a person to whom the tribunal must give the opportunity of being heard in accordance with the following provisions—
(i) section 34(4) of the Act; or
(ii) section 317(2) of the 1985 Act;
(d) the LHA where it is not a party to the application;
“LHA” (“awdurdod tai lleol”) means the local housing authority;
“premises” (“mangre”) means the dwelling or building to which the application relates;
“the respondent” (“yr ymatebydd”) means, in respect of an application to which a paragraph of the Schedule to these Regulations applies, the person or persons, or one of the persons, specified in sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph;
“statement of reasons” (“datganiad o resymau”) means a statement of reasons prepared by the LHA under section 8 of the Act (reasons for decision to take enforcement action); and
“tribunal” (“tribiwnlys”) means a residential property tribunal, and “the tribunal” (“y tribiwnlys”) in relation to an application means the tribunal by which the application is to be determined.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/1641/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/residential-property-tribunal-procedure-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-2
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