" the Act of 1949 " means the M1National 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 M2Highways 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 M3Water 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 M4Water Act 1945, other than Part II of that Act.