Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Definitive Maps and Statements) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 31st January 1993.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

• “modification order” means an order made under section 53(2)(a) or (b) or section 55(4) or section 55(5) of the Act;

• “reclassification order” means an order made under section 54(1)(b) of the Act;

• “surveying authority”^f1, in relation to any area, means the county council, metropolitan district council or London borough council whose area includes that area.