The following expressions for the purposes of this Act shall, unless the context requires a different construction, have the meanings herein-after assigned to them; that is to say,
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“Commissioner of Police,” beyond the limits of the City of London . . . F2, shall mean “the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,” and within such limits “the Commissioner of the Police Force of the City of London . . . F2:”
“Street” shall include any highway or other public place, whether a thoroughfare or not; and any of the royal parks, gardens, and possessions which are managed by the Commissioners of Works in pursuance of the M1Crown Lands Acts, 1851, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be public places:
[F3“the limits of this Act” means—
(a)the City of London;
(b)the area enclosed in a circle of which the centre is Charing Cross, and the radii are six miles in length as measured in a straight line from Charing Cross.]
The word “cattle” shall include bull, ox, cow, heifer, calf, sheep, goats, and swine, also horses, mules, and asses, when led in a string or loose.
Textual Amendments
F1Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F2Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F3Words in s. 3 inserted (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II para.16.
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