Part IX Miscellaneous and General

General

133 Interpretation.

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

  • “local authority” means a regional, islands or district council;

  • “proper officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 235(3) of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;

  • “public place” means any place (whether a thoroughfare or not) to which the public have unrestricted access and includes—

a

the doorways or entrances of premises abutting on any such place; and

b

any common passage, close, court, stair, garden or yard pertinent to any tenement or group of separately owned houses; and

  • F1 “public road”, “road” and “roads authority” have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

  • “vessel” means any kind of water-craft including a hovercraft within the meaning of the M2Hovercraft Act 1968 but not including a vessel in Her Majesty’s service.