# The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Hearings) Rules 2013, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In these Rules—
“2013 Order” means the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013;
“designated planning authority” means the local planning authority to which an application would otherwise have been made had the applicant not chosen to make the relevant application to the Secretary of State under section 62A of the 1990 Act;
“document” includes a photograph, map or plan;
“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
“inspector” means—
(a)in relation to a standard application, a person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 76D of the 1990 Act to determine the relevant application;
(b)in relation to a recovered application, a person appointed by the Secretary of State to assist him in holding a hearing;
“land” means the land or building to which the relevant application relates;
“persons entitled to appear at the hearing” has the meaning given in rule 6;
“recovered application” means a relevant application which falls to be determined by the Secretary of State as a consequence of a direction made under section 76E(1) of the 1990 Act;
“relevant application” has the meaning given in section 62A(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
“representation period” has the meaning given in the 2013 Order;
“standard application” means a relevant application which falls to be determined by a person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 76D of the 1990 Act; and
“working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday or other public holiday.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2141/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-section-62a-applications-hearings-rules-2013/article-2
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