- burial ground
includes any churchyard, cemetery or other ground, whether consecrated or not, which has at any time been set apart for the purposes of interment;
- common
includes any land subject to be enclosed under the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882, and any town or village green;
- compensation in respect of a compulsory acquisition
includes—
- compulsory purchase order
means an order under section 10(1) or section 11(1) or (2) above;
- confirming authority
means— (a) in a case where the compulsory purchase order relates to land in England, the Secretary of State, and (b) in a case where the compulsory purchase order relates to land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers (see article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006);
- council
means a county council, district council or London borough council.
- development
includes re-development and “develop” shall be construed accordingly;
- development corporation
has the meaning given by section 3 above;
- ecclesiastical property
means land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England, or being or forming part of a church subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop of any diocese of the Church of England or the site of such a church, or being or forming part of a burial ground subject to such jurisdiction;
- enactment
means any Act of Parliament and any order, rules, regulations or similar instrument having effect by virtue of an Act of Parliament, and includes enactments passed or made on or after the date of the passing of this Act, except in so far as any such enactment provides to the contrary.
- English new town development corporation
means a new town development corporation established for the purposes of a new town in England;
- fuel or field garden allotment
means any allotment set out as a fuel allotment, or a field garden allotment, under an Inclosure Act;
- heat networks
has the meaning given by section 216 of the Energy Act 2023;
- infrastructure
means—
- land
includes messuages, tenements, and hereditaments, houses, and buildings of any tenure;
- local authority
means (a) a billing authority or a precepting authority, as defined in section 69 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;
- local highway authority
means a highway authority other than the Secretary of State;
- monument
includes a tombstone or other memorial.
- National Trust
means the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty incorporated by the National Trust Act 1907;
- open space
means any land laid out as a public garden, or used for purposes of public recreation, or land being a disused burial ground;
- planning permission
means permission under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
- proceeding giving rise to compensation
means the particular action (that is, the acquisition, the extinguishment of a right or the imposition of a requirement) in respect of which compensation falls to be assessed, as distinct from any development or project in connection with which that action may have been taken.
- provide
includes provide by way of acquisition, construction, conversion, improvement or repair (and “provision” is to be read in the same way).
- relevant objection
means an objection that is treated as duly made for the purposes of this Schedule (see paragraph 4(1)).
- relevant transport authority
means any of the following for an area in England— (a) a local transport authority within the meaning of Part 2 of the Transport Act 2000 (see section 108(4) of that Act), (b) a local highway authority within the meaning of the Highways Act 1980 (see section 329 of that Act), or (c) a local traffic authority within the meaning of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (see section 121A(5) of that Act).
- specified
means specified in an order under this section.
- statutory undertakers
means— and “statutory undertaking” shall be construed accordingly.
- the 1946 Act
means the New Towns Act 1946 and the provision of it corresponding to section 58(1) is section 12(1);
- the 1965 Act
means the New Towns Act 1965;”;
- the acquiring authority
has the meaning given by this Act;
- the appropriate Minister
means—
- the project land
means— (a) the land proposed to be acquired further to the compulsory purchase order, and (b) any other land that the corporation intends to be used in connection with that land;
- the relevant highway authority
means any authority who are a highway authority in relation to the right of way proposed to be extinguished by the order, other than an authority who have applied for the order to be made.
- the relevant Minister
means— and any reference to making a final decision, in relation to an order, is a reference to deciding whether to make the order or what modification, if any, ought to be made.
- the TUPE regulations
means the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246).
- transfer scheme
means a scheme under section 1(3ZD) or 9A(7).
- trolley vehicle
means a mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use on roads without rails and moved by power transmitted to it from some external source;
- unit of affordable housing
means a building or part of a building that is constructed or adapted for use as a separate dwelling and— (a) in the case of a building in England, is to be used as— (a) social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, or (b) housing of any other description that is set out in regulations made by the Secretary of State, or (b) in the case of a building in Wales, is to be used as housing of a description that is set out in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.
- universal postal service provider
means a universal service provider within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011;
- urban development area
means land which is or was, or is or was part of, an urban development area (within the meaning of Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980) and—
- Valuation Office
means the Valuation Office of the Inland Revenue Department.