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OPEN SPACES ACT 1906 - SECT 20

Definitions.

20. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

The expression "open space" means any land, whether inclosed or not, on which
there are no buildings or of which not more than one-twentieth part is covered
with buildings, and the whole or the remainder of which is laid out as a
garden or is used for purposes of recreation, or lies waste and unoccupied;

....

The expression "owner"

(a)used in relation to any open space (not being a burial ground), means any
person in whom the open space is vested for an estate in possession during his
life or for any larger estate;

(b)used in relation to a house, includes any person entitled to any term of
years in the house;

(c)used in relation to a burial ground, means the person in whom the freehold
of the burial ground is vested whether as appurtenant or incident to any
benefice or cure of souls or otherwise:

The expression "occupier," used in relation to a house, means the person rated
to the relief of the poor in respect of the house:

The expression "burial ground" includes any churchyard, cemetery, or other
ground, whether consecrated or not, which has been at any time set apart for
the purpose of interment:

["District council" means a council established under the Local Government Act
(Northern Ireland) 1972:]

The expression "disused burial ground" means any burial ground which is no
longer used for interments, whether or not the ground has been partially or
wholly closed for burials under the provisions of a statute or Order in
Council:

The expression "building" includes any temporary or movable building.

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