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.
Textual Amendments
F1Definition inserted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156, Sch 9 para. 87(8)
Marginal Citations