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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-regional-strategy-england-regulations-2010/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/601",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Regional Strategy) (England) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-regional-strategy-england-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n“general consultation bodies” means the following bodies—\n(a)bodies which represent the interests of persons carrying on business in the region;\n(b)bodies which represent the interests of different racial, ethnic or national groups in the region;\n(c)bodies which represent the interests of different religious groups in the region;\n(d)bodies which represent the interests of disabled persons in the region;\n(e)voluntary bodies some or all of whose activities benefit any part of the region;\n“relevant authorities” means—\n(f)a district council;\n(g)a county council;\n(h)a National Park authority;\n(i)the Broads Authority;\n“RRA”, in relation to a region, means the responsible regional authorities for that region;\n“the sustainability appraisal” means the appraisal of the sustainability of the proposals in the draft revision of the regional strategy”;\n“the sustainability appraisal report” means the report of the findings of the sustainability appraisal;\n“specific consultation bodies” means the following bodies—\n(j)any of the relevant authorities whose area is wholly or partly in or adjoins the RRA’s region;\n(k)a parish council any part of whose area is in or adjoins the RRA’s region;\n(l)the RRA for each adjoining region, or, where the region adjoins London, the Mayor of London;\n(m)Natural England;\n(n)...\n(o)the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England;\n(p)the Homes and Communities Agency;\n(q)the Environment Agency;\n(r)Network Rail;\n(s)the Highways Agency;\n(t)the Trades Union Congress;\n(u)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(v)any person—\n(i)to whom the electronic communications code applies by virtue of a direction given under section 106(3)(a) of the Communications Act 2003 (application of the electronic communications code); and\n(ii)who owns or controls electronic communications apparatus situated in any part of the region;\n(w)any—\n(i)Strategic Health Authority;\n(ii)person to whom a licence has been granted under section 6(1)(b) or (c) of the Electricity Act 1989(licences authorising supply etc.);\n(iii)person to whom a licence has been granted under section 7(2) of the Gas Act 1986(licensing of gas transporters);\n(iv)sewerage undertaker;\n(v)water undertaker;\nexercising functions in any part of the region.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) revoked (1.4.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Commission for Rural Communities) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2654), art. 1(4), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2010, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As to “responsible regional authorities” see section 72 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 . As to “region” see section 87 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c.21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1989 c.29. Section 6 was substituted by the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27), section 30. Subsection (1)(b) was substituted by the Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), section 136(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1986 c.44. Section 7 was substituted by the Gas Act 1995 (c. 5), section 5 and amended by the Utilities Act 2000, section 3(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/601/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:49:50.895493+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}