art 2 Interpretation
(1) In this Order, “access to property records” (“ mynediad i gofnodion eiddo ”) means access to property records granted by a local authority in any of the following ways— (a) allowing a person to inspect or search property records at a place designated by the authority for doing so; (b) allowing the making of or providing copies of, property records; or (c) the electronic transmission of property records, or copies of such records, and in this Order, the expression “access to property records” (“ mynediad i gofnodion eiddo ”) is to be construed accordingly. (2) In this Order, a reference to a local authority “answering enquiries about a property” (“ ateb ymholiadau ynghylch eiddo ”) means— (a) the answering by the authority of any specific oral or written enquiries from a person about a property or property records; or (b) the carrying out by the authority of any activities for the purposes of answering such enquiries. (3) In this Order— “property” (“ eiddo ”) means a specified building or structure or specified land in relation to which property records are held by a local authority; and “property records” (“ cofnodion eiddo ”) — includes documents, registers, files and archives (held in any form by the local authority), which relate to a property; includes information derived from such documents, registers, files and archives; but excludes the local land charges register kept under section 3(2) of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 .