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Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
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109 Interpretation: general.E+W
In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:—
“agriculture” has the meaning assigned to it by [F1section 336 of the 1990 Act]
“the Authority” means the Land Authority for Wales;
“common” includes any land subject to be enclosed under the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882, and any town or village green;
“development” has the meaning assigned to it by [F2section 55 of the 1990 Act] and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“disposing” includes disposing by sale, exchange or lease and, in the case of a lease, by grant or assignment, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“fuel or field garden allotment” means any allotment set out as a fuel allotment, or a field garden allotment, under an Inclosure Act;
“land” means any corporeal hereditament, including a building and includes an interest in or right over land;
“lease” includes an underlease or sublease and an agreement for a lease, underlease or sublease, but does not include an option to take a lease or a mortgage;
[F3 “the 1981 Act” means the M1Acquisition of Land Act 1981;]
[F4“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;]
“the 1975 Act” means the M2Community Land Act 1975;
“open space” means any land laid out as a public garden or used for the purposes of public recreation, or land which is a disused burial ground.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 44(4)(a)
F2Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 44(4)(b)
F3Definition substituted by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 34, Sch. 4 para. 30(3)
F4Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 44(4)(c)
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M11981 c. 67 (28:1).
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