Part 5Supplementary and general

General

61Interpretation

1

In this Act—

  • “appropriate national authority” means—

    1. a

      the Secretary of State, in relation to England; and

    2. b

      the F1Welsh Ministers, 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.