Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

Interpretation E+W

30 Interpretation E+W

(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.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 30 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)