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URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/pdfs/asc_20260006_en.pdf" Date="2026-05-15" Size="7599047" Print="false"/><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/pdfs/asc_20260006_mi.pdf" Date="2026-05-15" Size="10723670" Language="Mixed" Print="true"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="621"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="410"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="211"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="1"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><body eId="body"><part eId="part-13"><num>PART 13</num><heading>BLIGHTED LAND</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-13-crossheading-interpretation"><heading>Interpretation</heading><section eId="section-359" uk:target="true"><num>359</num><heading>Interpretation of this Part</heading><subsection eId="section-359-1"><num>(1)</num><intro><p>In this Part—</p></intro><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-affected-area" eId="term-the-affected-area">the affected area</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-yr-ardal-yr-effeithir-arni"><i>yr ardal yr effeithir arni</i></term>”), in relation to an agricultural unit, means so much of the unit as, on the day a blight notice is served in respect of the unit, consists of blighted land;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-annual-value" eId="term-annual-value">annual value</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-gwerth-blynyddol"><i>gwerth blynyddol</i></term>”) has the meaning given by Part 2 of Schedule 19;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-appropriate-authority" eId="term-appropriate-authority">appropriate authority</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-priodol"><i>awdurdod priodol</i></term>”) has the meaning given by Part 3 of Schedule 19;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-appropriate-enactment" eId="term-appropriate-enactment">appropriate enactment</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-deddfiad-priodol"><i>deddfiad priodol</i></term>”) has the meaning given by Part 4 of Schedule 19;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-billing-authority" eId="term-billing-authority">billing authority</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-bilio"><i>awdurdod bilio</i></term>”) has the meaning given by section 1(2) of the Local Government Finance Act <ref eId="c00108" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/14">1992 (c. 14)</ref>;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-blight-notice" eId="term-blight-notice">blight notice</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-hysbysiad-malltod"><i>hysbysiad malltod</i></term>”) has the meaning given by section 323(2);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-blighted-land" eId="term-blighted-land">blighted land</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-tir-o-dan-falltod"><i>tir o dan falltod</i></term>”) has the meaning given by section 323(1);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-claimant" eId="term-the-claimant">the claimant</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-yr-hawlydd"><i>yr hawlydd</i></term>”), in relation to a blight notice, means the person who served the notice;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-claimants-interest" eId="term-the-claimants-interest">the claimant’s interest</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-buddiant-yr-hawlydd"><i>buddiant yr hawlydd</i></term>”) means the interest that a blight notice requires the appropriate authority to purchase;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-hereditament" eId="term-hereditament">hereditament</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-hereditament"><i>hereditament</i></term>”) means a relevant hereditament within the meaning given by section 64(4)(a) to (c) of the Local Government Finance Act <ref eId="c00109" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/41">1988 (c. 41)</ref> (lands and mines);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-infrastructure-policy-statement" eId="term-infrastructure-policy-statement">infrastructure policy statement</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-datganiad-polisi-seliwaith"><i>datganiad polisi seliwaith</i></term>”) has the meaning given by section 127(2) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act <ref eId="c00110" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2024/3">2024 (asc 3)</ref>;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-national-policy-statement" eId="term-national-policy-statement">national policy statement</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-datganiad-polisi-cenedlaethol"><i>datganiad polisi cenedlaethol</i></term>”) has the meaning given by section 5(2) of the Planning Act <ref eId="c00111" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/29">2008 (c. 29)</ref>;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“owner-occupier (“<term refersTo="#term-perchen-feddiannydd"><i>perchen-feddiannydd</i></term>”) has the meaning given by Part 2 of Schedule 19;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-qualifying-interest" eId="term-qualifying-interest">qualifying interest</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-buddiant-cymhwysol"><i>buddiant cymhwysol</i></term>”) has the meaning given by section 323(3);</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-resident-owner-occupier" eId="term-resident-owner-occupier">resident owner-occupier</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-perchen-feddiannydd-preswyl"><i>perchen-feddiannydd preswyl</i></term>”) has the meaning given by paragraph 32 of Schedule 19;</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><intro><p>“<term refersTo="#term-special-enactment" eId="term-special-enactment">special enactment</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-deddfiad-arbennig"><i>deddfiad arbennig</i></term>”) means—</p></intro><level class="para1"><num>(a)</num><content><p>an Act of Senedd Cymru or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or</p></content></level><level class="para1"><num>(b)</num><content><p>an instrument that has come into operation having been subject to special Senedd procedure or special parliamentary procedure,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>that specifically identifies land and authorises its compulsory acquisition;</p></wrapUp></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-unaffected-area" eId="term-the-unaffected-area">the unaffected area</term>” (“<term refersTo="#term-yr-ardal-nad-effeithir-arni"><i>yr ardal nad effeithir arni</i></term>”) has the meaning given by section 335(1)(b).</p></content></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="section-359-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Land that (apart from this subsection) would consist of separate hereditaments solely because it is divided by a boundary between the areas of two or more billing authorities is to be treated for the purposes of the definition of “hereditament” in subsection (1) as if it were not so divided.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer></part></body></act></akomaNtoso>