Part 1Natural England and the Commission for Rural Communities

Chapter 3Supplementary

Interpretation

30Interpretation

(1)

In this Part—

“the Commission” means the Commission for Rural Communities;

“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26);

“nature conservation” means the conservation of flora, fauna or geological or physiographical features;

“research” includes inquiries and investigations.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part, a public authority is any of the following—

(a)

a Minister of the Crown;

(b)

a public body (including a government department, a local authority and a local planning authority);

(c)

a person holding an office—

(i)

under the Crown,

(ii)

created or continued in existence by a public general Act, or

(iii)

the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament;

(d)

a statutory undertaker.

(3)

In subsection (2)—

“local authority” means a county council, a district council, a parish council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

“local planning authority” has the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);

“statutory undertaker” means a person who is or is deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.