s 8 Interpretation and application.
(1) Any reference in this Act to an “entry” upon any servient land includes a reference to the doing on that land of anything necessary for carrying out the works to the dominant land which are reasonably necessary for its preservation; and “ enter ” shall be construed accordingly. (2) This Act applies in relation to any obstruction of, or other interference with, a right over, or interest in, any land as it applies in relation to an entry upon that land; and “ enter ” and “ entry ” shall be construed accordingly. (3) In this Act— “ access order ” has the meaning given by section 1(1) above; “ applicant ” means a person making an application for an access order and, subject to section 4 above, “ the respondent ” means the respondent, or any of the respondents, to such an application; “ the court ” means the High Court or the county court ; “ the dominant land ” and “ the servient land ” respectively have the meanings given by section 1(1) above, but subject, in the case of servient land, to section 2(1) above; “ land ” does not include a highway; “ the specified works ” means the works specified in the access order in pursuance of section 2(1)(a) above.