1. In this Schedule—
(a)“appeal” means an appeal under regulation 29;
“appellant” means a person who has brought an appeal;
“appointed person” means a person appointed in accordance with paragraph 2;
“appropriate person” has the same meaning as in regulation 29;
“authority” means the competent authority in the case of an appeal under regulation 29(1), (2)(c) or (3) and the Executive in the case of an appeal under regulation 29(2)(a) or (b);
“hearing” means a hearing to which Part II of this Schedule applies;
“the parties” means the appellant and the authority;
“site” means premises at which the activity involving genetic modification to which the appeal relates is, or is proposed to be, undertaken; and
(b)a reference to a numbered sub-paragraph is a reference to the sub-paragraph so numbered in the paragraph in which that reference occurs.