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Part IX Miscellaneous and General

General

133 Interpretation.

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

  • F3“enforcing authority” has the meaning given by section 61(9) of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)

  • “local authority” means a F1council 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 M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;

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

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

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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 M2Hovercraft Act 1968 but not including a vessel in Her Majesty’s service.