The Local Authorities (Wales) (Property etc.) Order 1973 No. 1863

Interpretation

4.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2) In this order—

“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;

“buildings”, except in article 22, means buildings not within the meaning of the term “land”;

“corporate land” means corporate land within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1933;

“historic and ceremonial property” does not include any property held (or under article 19, 20, 22 or 38 deemed to be held) for the purposes of any statutory functions.

“land” includes land covered by water and any interest or right in, to or over land;

the relevant class of authorities, in relation to any authority described in column (1) of the following table, means the class specified in respect thereof in column (2).

TABLE

(1)	(2)
A county council	County councils
The corporation or council of a borough, or the council of an urban or rural district	District councils;

“Wales” means the area consisting of the counties established by section 20 of the Act (new local government areas in Wales), and “England” does not include any area included in any of those counties; and

“water authority” means an authority established in accordance with section 2 of the Water Act 1973; and any reference to the area of a water authority, without more, means the area of that authority as defined in section 2(2)(b) of, or Schedule 1 to, that Act.

(3) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment.

(4) Any reference in this order to a numbered article or Schedule shall, unless the reference is to an article or Schedule of a specified order, be construed as a reference to the article or schedule bearing that number in this order.

(5) Any reference in any article of this order to a numbered paragraph shall, unless the reference is to a paragraph of a specified article, be construed as a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the first-mentioned article.