The Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;

“application” means an application for an order granting development consent under section 37 of the Act(1);

“clinical commissioning group” means a body established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006 (effect of grant of application)(2);

“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted by—

(a)

means of an electronic communications network; or

(b)

other means but in electronic form;

“fire and rescue authority” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (fire and rescue authorities)(3);

“internal drainage board” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (internal drainage districts and boards)(4);

“local health board” means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (local health boards)(5);

“local resilience forum” has the same meaning as in regulation 4 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005(6);

“marine area” means—

(a)

waters in or adjacent to England up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea;

(b)

an exclusive economic zone(7), except any part of an exclusive economic zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions;

(c)

a Renewable Energy Zone(8), except any part of a Renewable Energy Zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions;

(d)

an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (exploration and exploitation of continental shelf)(9), except any part of that area which is within part of an exclusive economic zone or Renewable Energy Zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions;

“police and crime commissioner” means a police and crime commissioner established under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (police and crime commissioners)(10);

“registration form” means the form supplied by and obtained from the Secretary of State for the purpose of making a relevant representation and referred to in the notices and publicity given in accordance with regulations 8 and 9 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009(11);

“safeguarding map” has the meaning given in a direction made by the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by articles 16(4), 25(1), 29(6) and 39 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015(12).

(1)

Section 37 was amended by sections 128(2), 137(1) and (5) of, and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011.

(2)

2006 c.41. Section 14D was inserted by section 25(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7).

(3)

2004 c.21. Section 1 was amended by section 32(1) of and paragraphs 10(1) and (2) of Schedule 2 to, the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

(4)

1991 c.59.

(5)

2006 c.42.

(6)

S.I. 2005/2042; regulation 4 was substituted by regulations 2 and 4 of S.I. 2012/624.

(7)

See section 41of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 for the definition of “exclusive economic zone”.

(8)

See section 322 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 for the definition of “renewable energy zone”.

(9)

1964 c.29. Section 1(7) was amended by section 37 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c.23) and by section 103 of the Energy Act 2011 (c.16).

(10)

2011 c.13.

(11)

S.I. 2009/2264. Regulations 8 and 9 were amended by regulation 3 of S.I. 2012/635.

(12)

S.I. 2010/2184; to which there are amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations.