Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981;

  • “relevant order” (“gorchymyn perthnasol“) means an order which provides that the Act is to apply to the compulsory purchase of land which it authorises as if the order were a compulsory purchase order; and

  • “special enactment” (“deddfiad arbennig”) means—

    1. a

      a local or private Act which authorises the compulsory purchase of land specifically identified in that Act, or

    2. b

      a provision which—

      1. i

        is contained in an Act other than a local or private Act, and

      2. ii

        authorises the compulsory purchase of land specifically identified in that Act.

2

For the purposes of these Regulations, a compulsory purchase is authorised—

a

by a compulsory purchase order, on the day on which the order is confirmed by a Minister or the Welsh Ministers or another authority, or made by a Minister or the Welsh Ministers;

b

by an order under section 1 or 3 of the Transport and Works Act 19924, on the day on which the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers determine under section 13(1) of that Act to make the order;

c

by a harbour revision order, a harbour empowerment order or a harbour closure order under the Harbours Act 19645, on the day on which the order is made by the appropriate Minster6 or the Welsh Ministers or a person who is designated in an order made under section 42A7 of that Act;

d

by any other relevant order, on the day on which the order is made by a Minister or the Welsh Ministers; or

e

by a special enactment8, on the day on which the special enactment is enacted.