Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Flood and Water Management Act 2010;

• “applicant” (“ceisydd”) means a person who makes an application for approval;

• “application for approval” (“cais am gymeradwyaeth”) means—

  1. (a)

     an application for approval made in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 3, or

  2. (b)

     that part of a combined application that seeks approval made in accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 3—

  and a reference to a “valid application” (“cais dilys”) is to be construed accordingly;

• “approval” (“cymeradwyaeth”) means the approval required under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 3 for a drainage system^f1 for construction work^f2;

• “confirmed proposal” (“cynnig a gadarnhawyd”) means a proposal to carry out reconstruction work confirmed under regulation 15;

• “developer” (“datblygwr”) has the meaning given in paragraph 23(2)(b) of Schedule 3;

• “development” (“datblygiad”) has the meaning given in section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f3;

• “national standards” (“safonau cenedlaethol”) means the national standards for sustainable drainage published under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3;

• “reconstruction work” (“gwaith ailadeiladu”) means work carried out—

  1. (a)

     to reconstruct a sustainable drainage system to the state it was in before statutory works commenced, or

  2. (b)

     to construct a new sustainable drainage system in accordance with the national standards to operate in place of the sustainable drainage system affected by statutory works;

• “remedial work” (“gwaith adferol”) means work carried out on a sustainable drainage system—

  1. (a)

     to remedy damage caused by statutory works, and

  2. (b)

     to ensure the sustainable drainage system complies with the national standards;

• “Schedule 3” (“Atodlen 3”) means Schedule 3 to the Act;

• “statutory undertaker” (“ymgymerwr statudol”) has the meaning given in regulation 13;

• “statutory works” (“gwaith statudol”) has the meaning given in regulation 14;

• “sustainable drainage system” (“system ddraenio gynaliadwy”) means those parts of a drainage system that are not vested in a sewerage undertaker pursuant to an agreement under section 104 of the Water Industry Act 1991^f4;

• “working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, a bank holiday within the meaning of section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f5, or other public holiday in Wales.

In these Regulations a reference to “construction work” is to be construed as a reference to construction work having drainage implications^f6.