2Meaning of “burden” and related expressions
(1)In this Act “burden” includes—
(a)a restriction, requirement or condition (including one requiring the payment of fees or preventing the incurring of expenditure) or any sanction (whether criminal or otherwise) for failure to observe a restriction or to comply with a requirement or condition, and
(b)any limit on the statutory powers of any person (including a limit preventing the charging of fees or the incurring of expenditure),
but does not include any burden which affects only a Minister of the Crown or government department.
(2)In this Act—
(a)any reference to creating or imposing a burden includes a reference to authorising or requiring a burden to be created or imposed,
(b)any reference to removing a burden includes a reference to removing the authorisation or requirement by virtue of which a burden may be imposed, and
(c)any reference to reducing a burden includes a reference to reducing the authorisation or requirement by virtue of which a burden may be imposed (for example, by restricting the circumstances in which it is authorised or required to be imposed).