Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45)

Part IX S Miscellaneous and General

General S

133 Interpretation. S

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

• “local authority” means a [F1 council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994];

• “proper officer” shall be construed in accordance with section 235(3) of the M1 Local 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

• [F2 “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 M2 Hovercraft Act 1968 but not including a vessel in Her Majesty’s service.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 133: words in definition of

“local authority”

substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 129(21); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)

F2 Definition inserted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156, Sch 9 para. 87(8)

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c. 65.

M2 1968 c. 59.