Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023

210 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “address” (“cyfeiriad”), in relation to electronic communications, means any number or address used for the purpose of electronic communications;

• “appropriate Crown authority” (“awdurdod priodol y Goron”) has the meaning given by section 207(6);

• “building” (“adeilad”) (except in Part 2) means—

  (a)

  any building or structure, or

  (b)

  any part of a building or structure,

  but does not (except in section 148) include plant or machinery forming part of a building or structure;

• “conservation area” (“ardal gadwraeth”) means an area designated under section 158;

• “conservation area consent (“cydsyniad ardal gadwraeth”) has the meaning given by section 162;

• “the Crown” (“y Goron”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 207(7);

• “Crown interest” (“buddiant y Goron”) has the meaning given by section 207(3);

• “Crown land” (“tir y Goron”) has the meaning given by section 207(2);

• “development” (“datblygiad”) has the meaning given by section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);

• “disposal” (“gwaredu”), in relation to land, means disposal by sale, exchange or lease, by creating an easement, right or privilege, or in any other way, but does not include disposal by appropriation, gift or mortgage;

• “Duchy interest” (“buddiant y Ddugiaeth”) has the meaning given by section 207(4);

• “electronic communication” (“cyfathrebiad electronig”) has the meaning given by section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (c. 7);

• “enactment (“deddfiad”) means any enactment, whenever enacted or made;

• “functions” (“swyddogaethau”) includes powers and duties;

• “land” (“tir”)—

  (a)

  means any corporeal hereditament, including a building or monument, and

  (b)

  in relation to the acquisition of land, includes any interest in or right over land;

• “lease” (“les”) includes an underlease and an agreement for a lease or underlease, but does not include an option to take a lease or a mortgage;

• “listed building” (“adeilad rhestredig”) has the meaning given by section 76;

• “listed building consent” (“cydsyniad adeilad rhestredig”) has the meaning given by section 89;

• “listed building partnership agreement” (“cytundeb partneriaeth adeilad rhestredig”) has the meaning given by section 113(5);

• “monument” (“heneb”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 2;

• “owner” (“perchennog”), in relation to land (except in sections 15, 25, 26, 91, 113 and 186), means a person who, whether in their own right or as trustee for any other person—

  (a)

  is entitled to receive the rack rent of the land, or

  (b)

  would be so entitled if the land were let at a rack rent,

  but does not include a mortgagee who is not in possession;

• “planning authority” (“awdurdod cynllunio”) means a local planning authority, within the meaning given by Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8), for an area in Wales;

• “planning permission” (“caniatâd cynllunio”) has the meaning given by section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);

• “private interest” (“buddiant preifat”), in relation to Crown land, has the meaning given by section 207(5);

• “scheduled monument” (“heneb gofrestredig”) has the meaning given by section 3(7);

• “site” (“safle”), in relation to a monument, is to be interpreted in accordance with section 2;

• “statutory undertaker” (“ymgymerwr statudol”) means a person who—

  (a)

  is a statutory undertaker within the meaning given by section 262 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8), or

  (b)

  is deemed by that section to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of that Act,

  and references to the “undertaking” of a statutory undertaker are to be interpreted in accordance with that section.