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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations,—

  • “the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;

  • “address” means—

    1. (a)

      a number or address used for the purposes of sending or receiving documents or information by electronic means;

    2. (b)

      a postal address;

  • “electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000f1;

  • “electronic communications apparatus” has the same meaning as in paragraph 5(1) of the electronic communications code;

  • “electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in section 106(1) of the Communications Act 2003f2;

  • “examiner’s report” means the report made by the examiner under section 12I (6) of the 2004 Act;

  • “highways authority” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Highways Act 1980f3;

  • “integrated transport area” has the meaning given in section 77 (1) of the Local Transport Act 2008f4;

  • “Integrated Transport Authority” means—

    1. (a)

      an authority which is known as an Integrated Transport Authority as a result of section 77 (2) of the Local Transport Act 2008f5, or

    2. (b)

      an authority established under Part 5 of that Act;

  • “lead local flood authority” has the meaning given in section 6 (7) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010f6;

  • “neighbourhood forum” means an organisation or body designated as such under section 61F(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990f7;

  • “relevant strategy preparation stage” means—

    1. (a)

      the publication of a draft spatial development strategy timetable under section 12H (1) of the 2004 Act;

    2. (b)

      the submission of a draft spatial development strategy to the Secretary of State under regulation 17;

    3. (c)

      the submission of a draft spatial development strategy to the Secretary of State under section 12K (3) of the 2004 Act;

    4. (d)

      the holding of a vote on a resolution to adopt the spatial development strategy under section 12L (3) of the 2004 Act;

  • “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971f8 in England.

(2)

In these Regulations, a reference to—

(a)

a strategic planning authority’sf9 website includes a reference to the website of a constituent authority of a strategic planning boardf10;

(b)

a strategic planning authority’s principal office includes a reference to the principal office of a constituent authority of a strategic planning board.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 7. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).

f2

2003 c. 21. Section 106(1) was amended by section 4(4) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30); Schedule 3A was inserted by Schedule 1 to the Digital Economy Act 2017.

f3

1980 c. 66. Section 1 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 21 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), section 259 (2) and (3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7).

f4

2008 c. 26. Section 77(1) renamed passenger transport areas established under section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73) as integrated transport areas.

f5

Section 77(2) renamed metropolitan county passenger transport authorities established under section 28 (1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) as Integrated Transport Authorities.

f6

2010 c. 29.

f7

1990 c. 8. Section 61F was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and amended by section 5 (2) of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20).

f8

1971 c. 80.

f9

See section 12A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 for the meaning of “strategic planning authority”.

f10

See section 12B of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 for the meaning of “constituent authority” and “strategic planning board”.