PRELIMINARY

Interpretation2

1

Except in so far as the context otherwise requires—

a

any reference in these regulations to a regulation bearing a number is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these regulations; and

b

any reference in a regulation to a paragraph bearing a number is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.

2

In these regulations the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—

  • “the Act” means the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968;

  • “the Act of 1930” means the Land Drainage Act 1930;

  • “the Act of 1967” means the General Rate Act 1967;

  • “appeal” means an appeal against a determination made by a drainage board under section 30 or section 31 of the Act or a decision of a drainage board under section 29(2) of the Act of 1930, and in relation to an appeal—

  • “appellant” means the person whose notice of objection to the determination or decision results in the hearing of the appeal;

  • “the court” means the local valuation court convened, or (where the context so requires) to be convened, under section 33(1) of the Act to hear and determine the appeal;

  • “the drainage board” means the drainage board whose determination or decision is the subject of the appeal;

  • “the drainage district” means the district for which such board is the drainage board;

  • “party” means a person who is entitled to appear and be heard as a party and who appears at the hearing whether in person or in other manner permitted by these regulations; and

  • “the chairman” means the person acting as chairman of the court;

  • “divided hereditament” means a hereditament different parts of which are situated in different panel areas;

  • “drainage board” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1930;

  • “hereditament” means a hereditament for the purposes of drainage rates;

  • “the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

  • “panel” means a local valuation panel constituted in pursuance of the Act of 1967;

  • “panel area” means an area for which a panel is constituted under a scheme in force for the purposes of section 88 of the Act of 1967;

  • “prescribed panel” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 3;

  • “rating unit” means a hereditament for the purposes of general rates;

  • “relevant panel area”, in relation to a divided hereditament means a panel area in which a part of the hereditament is situated;

  • “undivided hereditament” means a hereditament the whole of which is situated in one panel area; and

  • “valuation list” and “valuation officer” have the meanings assigned to them respectively by section 115(1) of the Act of 1967.

3

The Interpretation Act 1889 applies to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.