Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
“appeal” means an appeal to which these Regulations apply and “the appellant” shall be construed accordingly;
“appointed person” means the person appointed by the Secretary of State to hold the hearing or inquiry in connection with the appeal;
“hearing” means a hearing by a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the appeal;
“interested person” means any person (other than the appellant) who is entitled to any interest in the premises or who is the licence holder or the applicant for, or for a variation of the terms and conditions of, the licence or who, in a case involving an appeal against the revocation of, or the refusal to renew, a licence under section 43 of the Act in relation to the premises, was the holder of that licence;
“the licence” means the licence under section 43 of the Act to which the appeal relates, and “applicant for a licence”, “proposed licence” and “licence holder” shall be construed accordingly;
“the local authority”, in relation to an appeal, means the local authority whose decision is under appeal; and
“the premises” means the premises to which the licence or proposed licence (as the case may be) relates.
(2) References in these Regulations to the decision of the local authority include references to any decision of which the local authority are deemed by paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 4 to the Act to have given notification, and references to notification of the decision of the local authority include references to any notification so deemed to have been given.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.