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3.5 Party terms

3.5.1

party

person, organisation, grouping, office or class connected with a right or authorised to act for another party

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3.5.2

person

natural individual

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3.5.3

organisation

legal or administrative entity capable of holding a right or acting in its own name

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3.5.4

grouping

collective of persons acting or holding a right in a defined capacity where the right does not vest in a separate organisation

EXAMPLE: Trustees, personal representatives or partners.

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3.5.5

office

position in which a right, responsibility or authority vests by virtue of the position rather than the identity of its current holder

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3.5.6

class

body of persons identified by a qualifying characteristic rather than by a fixed list of names

JURISDICTIONAL NOTE (informative)
In England and Wales the highway authority is deemed to occupy land that is crossed by a public right of way and the Environment Agency is deemed to occupy non-tidal main rivers.

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3.5.7

representative

party authorised to act for another party within a defined scope

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3.5.8

contact point

address, person, team or communication channel through which a party can appropriately be contacted

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