27 Interpretation of Part I
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (1981 c 69) | Legislation

27  Interpretation of Part I

(1)     In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

“advertisement” includes a catalogue, a circular and a price list;

“advisory body” has the meaning given by section 23;

“agriculture Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State;

“authorised person” means—

(a)     the owner or occupier, or any person authorised by the owner or occupier, of the land on which the action authorised is taken;

(b)     any person authorised in writing by the local authority for the area within which the action authorised is taken;

(c)     as respects anything done in relation to wild birds, any person authorised in writing [by—

(i)     the Welsh Ministers, in relation to things done for purposes relating to fishing or fisheries in the Welsh inshore region (within the meaning of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009);

(ii)     any] of the following bodies, that is to say, [any of the [GB conservation bodies]], . . . a district board for a fishery district within the meaning of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862 [or an inshore fisheries and conservation authority] . . .;

[(d)     any person authorised in writing by—

(i)     the Environment Agency, in relation

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