ABSTRACT
The Rules must be interpreted in the light of notes to the Rules (r 2(1)). The notes therefore have two purposes. First, they provide definitions, in addition to those set out in r 2, of words, phrases and terms used in the Rules; for example, ‘statutory undertakers’ for the purpose of r 5 is defined in note (i) to that rule. Secondly, the notes can import a meaning to a rule which is either not readily apparent from reading the rule in isolation or otherwise clarify the meaning of a rule. Nothing precludes a rule from being interpreted in the light of a note to another rule, in fact, this would appear to be the objective of r 2(1).
