Welsh Development Agency Act 1975

27 Interpretation. E+W+S

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “the appropriate Minister” in relation to any statutory undertakers in relation to whom it is defined by [F2 section 265 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] or any other Act, has the meaning assigned to it by the Act so defining it;

• [F3 “business” includes any industrial, commercial or professional activities (whether or not with a view to profit) and the activities of any government department or any local or other public authority;

• F4 “common” includes any land subject to be enclosed under the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882 and any town or village green;

• F5 “dispose” includes dispose by sale or exchange or dispose by lease (whether by grant or assignment) and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• F6 “fuel or field garden allotment” means any allotment set out as a fuel allotment, or a field garden allotment, under an Inclosure Act;]

• “holding company” means a holding company as defined in [F7 section 736 of the Companies Act 1985];

• F8 . . .

• [F9 “land” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the M1 Interpretation Act 1978;

• “open space” means any land laid out as a public garden or used for the purposes of public recreation or any land which is a disused burial ground;]

• “statutory undertakers” means—

  (a)

  persons authorised by virtue of any enactment to carry on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, water transport, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking, or any undertaking for the supply of . . . F10 , . . . F11 [F12 hydraulic power or water][F12 or hydraulic power], and

  (b)

  the Civil Aviation Authority F13 . . ., [F14 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)][F15 any universal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service] and any other authority, body or undertakers which by virtue of any enactment are to be treated as statutory undertakers for the purposes of [F16 the Town and Country Planning Act 1990];

  and “statutory undertaking” shall be construed accordingly;

• “subsidiary” means a subsidiary as defined by [F17 section 736 of the Companies Act 1985]; and

[F18 “universal service provider” has the same meaning as in the Postal Services Act 2000; and references to the provision of a universal postal service shall be construed in accordance with that Act;]

“wholly owned subsidiary” has the meaning assigned to it by [F19 [F20 section 736] of the Companies Act 1985].

[F21 (1A) The undertaking of a universal service provider so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service shall be taken to be his statutory undertaking for the purposes of this Act; and references in this Act to his undertaking shall be construed accordingly.]

[F22 (1B) The undertaking of a person who holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 shall not be considered to be a statutory undertaking for the purposes of this Act except to the extent that it is the person’s undertaking as licence holder; and references in this Act to the person’s undertaking shall be construed accordingly.

(1C) A person who holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 shall not be considered a statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 21C above.]

(2) F23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, applied or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 27(1) definition of “accounting year” omitted (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(1), Sch. 1 para. 27(1) (with art. 3(1)

F2 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 34(3)(a).

F3 S. 27(1): Definition of “business” inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(2); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F4 S. 27(1): Definition of “common” inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(2); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F5 S. 27(1): Definition of “dispose” inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(2); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F6 S. 27(1): Definition of “fuel or field garden allotment” inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(2); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F7 Words substituted by Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), s. 30, Sch. 2.

F8 S. 27(1): Definition of “industry” and “industrial” repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152. Sch. 18 Pt. III (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F9 S. 27(1): Definition of “land” and “open space” substituted for definition of “land” (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. I para. 10(3); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F10 Word repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17 para. 35(1), Sch. 18.

F11 Word and comma repealed by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(4), Sch. 9 Pt. I.

F12 Words “or hydraulic power” substituted (E.W.) for the words “hydraulic power or water” by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 25 para. 51 (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58).

F13 S. 27(1): Words in definition of statutory undertakers repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9 para. 16, Sch. 11 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2.

F14 S. 27(1): Words in para. (b) of the definition of “statutory undertakers” inserted (21.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/4050, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II para. 2(a)

F15 S. 27(1): Words in para. (b) of the definition of “statutory undertakers” substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 40(2)(a)

F16 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 34(3)(b).

F17 Words substituted by Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), s. 30, Sch. 2.

F18 Definition of “universal service provider” in s. 27(1) inserted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 40(2)(b)

F19 Words substituted by virtue of Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), s. 30, Sch. 2.

F20 Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 144(4), 213(2), Sch. 18 para. 13 (subject to the transitional provisions referred to in S.I. 1990/1392, arts. 2(d), 6).

F21 S. 27(1A) inserted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 40(3)

F22 S. 27(1B)(1C) inserted (21.12.2001) after subsection (1) by S.I. 2001/4050, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II para. 2(b)

F23 S. 27(2) omitted (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(1), Sch. 1 para. 27(2) (with art. 3(1))

Marginal Citations

M1 1978 c. 30.