Part 5Supplementary and general

General

61Interpretation

(1)

In this Act—

“appropriate national authority” means—

(a)

the Secretary of State, in relation to England; and

(b)

the National Assembly for Wales, in relation to Wales;

“commons council” means a commons council established under Part 2;

“land” includes land covered by water;

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

“regulations” means regulations made by the appropriate national authority;

“register of title” means the register kept under section 1 of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9);

“right of common” includes a cattlegate or beastgate (by whatever name known) and a right of sole or several vesture or herbage or of sole or several pasture, but does not include a right held for a term of years or from year to year.

(2)

In this Act—

(a)

any reference to land registered as common land or a town or village green is to land so registered in a register of common land or town or village greens;

(b)

any reference to a register of common land or town or village greens is to such a register kept under Part 1 of this Act.

(3)

In this Act—

(a)

references to the ownership or the owner of any land are references to the ownership of a legal estate in fee simple in the land or to the person holding that estate;

(b)

references to land registered in the register of title are references to land the fee simple of which is so registered.