80 General interpretation.S
(1)In this Act—
“agriculture”, “agricultural” and “agricultural land” have the meaning given in section 86 of the M1Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948, and references to the farming of land include references to the carrying on in relation to the land of any agricultural activities;
“agricultural holding” has the meaning given in section 1 of the [F1Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991] and “landlord”, “tenant” and “notice to quit”, in relation to an agricultural holding, have the same meaning as in that Act;
“agricultural unit” has the meaning given in section 196(1) of the M2Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;
“acquiring authority”, and “authority possessing compulsory purchase powers” have the same meaning as in the M3Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;
[F2“aerodrome” has the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1982;]
[F3“carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984]
“cottar” has the same meaning as in section 28(4) of the M4Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955;
“croft”, “crofter” and “landlord”, in relation to a croft, have the same meanings respectively as in the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955;
“disabled person” means [F4—
(a)]a person in need under section 12 of the M5Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 as read with section 1 of the M6Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Act 1972[F5;and
(b) a child in need within the meaning of section 93(4)(a)(iii) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995];
“dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or (if not occupied) last occupied or intended to be occupied as a private house, and (except in section 27) includes any garden, yard, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to or usually enjoyed with that building or part;
“heritable security” means any security capable of being constituted over any interest in land by a disposition or assignation of that interest in security of any debt and of being recorded in the Register of Sasines;
“holding”, in relation to a landholder and a statutory small tenant, has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the M7Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 and “landlord”, in relation to such a holding, has the same meaning as in the M8Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949;
[F6“housing association” has the meaning assigned to it by [F7the Housing Associations Act 1985];]
“landholder” has the same meaning as in section 2(2) of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911;
“Lands Tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal for Scotland;
[F8“local roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984]
“owner” has the same meaning as in section 45(1) of the M9Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;
[F6“registered”, in relation to a housing association, means registered [F9under the Housing Associations Act 1985];]
[F10“road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;]
[F11“roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;]
“statutory small tenant” has the same meaning as in section 32(1) of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911.
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(3)Except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended, and include references to that enactment as extended or applied, by any other enactment, including this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 80(1) substituted (25.09.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 88(1), 89(2), Sch. 11 para. 37 (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12 para. 3).
F2Definition substituted by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 109, Sch. 15 para. 14(3)
F3Definition inserted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 72(9)(a)(i)
F4S. 80(1): “-(a)” in definition of “disabled person” inserted (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 21(3)(a) (with Sch. 3 paras. 4, 6); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)
F5S. 80(1): Para. (b) and “; and” preceeding in definition of “disabled person” inserted (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 21(3)(b) (with Sch. 3 paras. 4, 6); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)
F6Definition inserted by Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 28), Sch. 3 para. 11
F7Words substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 19(11)(a)
F8Definition inserted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 72(9)(a)(i)
F9Words substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 19(11)(b)
F10Definition substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 72(9)(a)(ii)
F11Definition inserted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 72(9)(a)(ii)
F12S. 80(2) repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 72(9)(b), Sch. 11
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