Regulation 2 InterpretationF1I1

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

• “advertisement” does not include anything employed wholly as a memorial or as a railway signal;

• “area of outstanding natural beauty” means an area designated as such by an order made under section 87 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949^f1;

• “area of special control” means an area designated by an order under regulation 18;

• “balloon” means a tethered balloon or similar object;

• “deemed consent” has the meaning given by regulation 5;

• “discontinuance notice” means a notice served under regulation 8;

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• “express consent” has the meaning given by regulation 5;

• “illuminated advertisement” means an advertisement which is designed or adapted to be illuminated by artificial lighting, directly or by reflection, and which is so illuminated;

• “National Park” has the meaning given by section 5 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;

• “site” means any land or building, other than an advertisement, on which an advertisement is displayed;

• “standard conditions” means the conditions specified in Schedule 1;

• “statutory undertaker” includes, in addition to any person mentioned in section 262(1) of the Act, the Civil Aviation Authority, F3, a person who holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 (air traffic services), the British Airports Authority, F4the Coal Authority or any licensed operator within the meaning of section 65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994, any F5public gas transporter within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986^f2, any public electricity supplier within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989^f3, F6any person who is a licence holder, or who has the benefit of a licence exemption, within the meaning of Part I of the Railways Act 1993, F7any person who holds a F8railway undertaking licence granted pursuant to the Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 F9...; F10a universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal F11postal service, the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, any water or sewerage undertaker and any F12electronic communications code operator; and F13, subject to paragraph (1A), statutory undertaking shall be interpreted accordingly;

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• “vehicle” includes a vessel on any inland waterway; and

• “waterway” includes coastal waters.

The undertaking of a universal postal service provider so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service shall be taken to be his statutory undertaking for the purposes of these regulations; and references in these regulations to his undertaking shall be construed accordingly.

F16In the application of these Regulations in England, “local planning authority” means—

In the application of these Regulations in Wales “local planning authority” means—

For the purposes of these Regulations—

Any reference in these Regulations to a person displaying an advertisement includes—

Except in Class A in Schedule 2, any reference in these Regulations to the land, the building, the site or the premises on which an advertisement is displayed includes, in the case of an advertisement which is displayed on, or which consists of, a balloon, a reference to the land, the building, the site or other premises to which the balloon is attached and to all land, buildings or other premises normally occupied therewith.