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In this Act, unless the context requires a different interpretation—
“the Commissioner” means the Scottish Information Commissioner;
“body” includes an unincorporated association;
“decision notice” has the meaning given by section 49(5);
“enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
“enforcement notice” has the meaning given by section 51(1);
“exempt information” means information which is so described in any provision of Part 2;
“fees notice” has the meaning given by section 9(1);
“information” (subject to sections 50(9) and 64(2)) means information recorded in any form;
“information notice” has the meaning given by section 50(1);
“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c.26);
“the Parliamentary corporation” means the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;
“publication scheme” has the meaning given by section 23(1)(a);
“refusal notice” has the meaning given by section 16(1) (including that section as read with section 18(2));
“requirement for review” has the meaning given by section 20(2);
“Scottish public authority” has the meaning given by section 3(1);
“subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) but includes an instrument made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and
“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day or a day which, under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c.80), is a bank holiday in Scotland.
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