Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Assets of Community Value (England) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force on the day after they are made.

2

These Regulations apply in relation to England only.

3

In these Regulations—

  • the Act” means the Localism Act 2011;

  • “compensation review” means a review requested in accordance with regulation 16;

  • “the list”, in relation to a local authority, means the list maintained by the authority of land in that authority’s area that is land of community value, and “listed” and “listing” are to be interpreted accordingly;

  • “listing review” means a review under section 92(2) of the Act (review of local authority’s decision to include land in its list);

  • “neighbouring authority”: a local authority in England is a neighbouring authority in relation to any land if any part of the boundary of that authority’s area is also part of the boundary of the area of the responsible authority;

  • “registrar”, “register” (other than in regulation 4(3)) and “registered estate” have the meaning given in section 132(1) of the Land Registration Act 20022;

  • “responsible authority” in relation to any land means the local authority in whose area the land is situated;

  • “a statutory compulsory purchase” in relation to any land, means a a purchase of the land by a purchaser authorised by or under an Act to acquire the land compulsorily (whether or not a purchase pursuant to the authorisation).

4

For the purposes of these Regulations, land is owned by a single owner if—

a

the land is owned by the same person; or

b

in a case not within sub-paragraph (a), the land is held on trusts and was settled on those trusts by the same settlor.