Countryside Act 1968

49 Interpretation

(1) Section 114 of the Act of 1949 shall apply for the construction of this Act.

(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• " the Act of 1949 " means the [1949 c. 97.] National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 ;

• " boat " includes any hover vehicle or craft being a vehicle or craft designed to be supported on a cushion of air and which is used on or over water ;

• " bridleway " and " footpath " have the meanings given by section 295(1) of the [1959 c. 25.] Highways Act 1959 ;

• " land " includes any interest in or right over land;

• " the Minister ", as respects Wales and Monmouthshire, means the Secretary of State, and otherwise means the Minister of Housing and Local Government;

• " public body " includes any local authority or statutory undertaker, and any trustees, commissioners, board or other persons, who, as a public body and not for their own profit, act under any enactment for the improvement of any place or the production or supply of any commodity or service;

• " river authority " means a river authority constituted by or under the [1963 c. 38.] Water Resources Act 1963 and the Conservators of the River Thames, the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board and the Isle of Wight River and Water Authority;

• " statutory water undertakers " has the same meaning as in the provisions of the [1945 c. 42.] Water Act 1945, other than Part II of that Act.

(3) In this Act " parish " means a rural parish and references to a parish and a parish council shall be construed as including references to a borough which has been included in a rural district and the council of such a borough respectively.

(4) References in this Act to the conservation of the natural beauty of an area shall be construed as including references to the conservation of its flora, fauna and geological and physiographical features.