Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955

37 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings respectively assigned to them—

• " the Act of 1886 " means the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1886;

• " the Act of 1911 " means the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act, 1911;

• " croft " and " crofter " have the meanings assigned to them respectively by section three of this Act;

• " the Crofters Holdings Book " has the meaning assigned to it by section thirty-nine of this Act;

• " crofting counties " means the counties of Argyll, Caithness, Inverness, Orkney, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland and Zetland;

• " fixed equipment " has the like meaning as in the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1949;

• " functions " includes powers and duties ;

• " Land Court " means the Scottish Land Court;

• " the Landholders Acts " means the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts, 1886 to 1931 ;

• " landlord " means any person for the time being entitled to receive the rents and profits, or to take possession, of a croft;

• " permanent improvement " means any of the improvements specified in the Fifth Schedule to this Act;

• " prescribed " means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• " predecessors in the tenancy " means in relation to a crofter the persons who before him have been tenants of the croft since it was last vacant;

• " statutory successor " means any person who under this Act has succeeded or may succeed to a croft whether as heir-at-law, legatee or assignee of his immediate predecessor being a crofter in occupation of the croft;

• " Whitsunday " and " Martinmas " mean respectively the twenty-eighth day of May and the twenty-eighth day of November.

(2) For the purposes of this Act a crofter shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident in a township if he is ordinarily resident within two miles of a croft which is comprised in the township and of which he is tenant.

(3) References in this Act to any enactment shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.