In this Act —

• “contravention of hazardous substances control” has the meaning given in section 23(2);

• F12“development consent” means development consent under the Planning Act 2008;

• “hazardous substances authority” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 F1and 3;

• “hazardous substances consent” means consent required by section 4;

• “hazardous substances contravention notice” means such a notice as is mentioned in section 24(1);

• “the principal Act” means the M1Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

• F16“the safety regulator” means—

  1. a

     in relation to land which is, or is on, a nuclear site (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013), the Office for Nuclear Regulation;

  2. b

     otherwise, the Health and Safety Executive.

In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires and subject to the following provisions of this section, the following expressions have the same meaning as in the principal Act—

• F2. . . ;

• F2. . . ;

• “the Broads”;

• “development”;

• “development plan”;

• “enactment”;

• “functions”;

• “government department”;

• “joint planning board”;

• “land”;

• “local authority”;

• “local planning authority”;

• “London borough”;

• “mineral working deposit”;

• “minerals”;

• “Minister”;

• F2 . . .;

• “owner”;

• “the planning Acts”;

• “prescribed”;

• “public gas supplier”;

• “statutory undertakers”;

• “tenancy”;

• “urban development area” and “urban development corporation”;

• “use”;

• “Valuation Office”;

but this subsection does not affect the meaning of “owner” in section 8.

For the purposes of sections F3 . . . 12 and 38(2) a public gas supplier shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker F3 . . .

For the purposes of sections F4 . . . 12 and F1538(2) the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales and every water or sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker F4. . .

For the purposes of section 38(2) F5a universal service provider (within the meaning of F13Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011 ) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of F14that Part ), the Civil Aviation Authority F6, a person who holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 (to the extent that the person is carrying out activities authorised by the licence) and any holder of a licence under section 6(1) of the M2Electricity Act 1989 shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers F3 . . .

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The Secretary of State may make regulations under this Act for any purpose for which regulations are authorised or required to be made under this Act, not being a purpose for which regulations are authorised or required to be made by another Minister.

Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

Any statutory instrument containing regulations made under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Regulations may make different provision for different purposes.

Regulations made under this Act and orders made under this Act by statutory instrument may make consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.

This Act may be cited as the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990.

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This Act extends to England and Wales only.