# The Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2018, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) 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—
(a) an application for approval made in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 3, or
(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 for construction work;
“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;
“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—
(a) to reconstruct a sustainable drainage system to the state it was in before statutory works commenced, or
(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—
(a) to remedy damage caused by statutory works, and
(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;
“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, or other public holiday in Wales.
(2) In these Regulations a reference to “construction work” is to be construed as a reference to construction work having drainage implications.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1077/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-drainage-approval-and-adoption-procedure-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-2
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