{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/8",
  "legislation_title": "Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 4",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“appropriate local authority” means the local authority for the area in which the premises in respect of which the closure order has effect are situated;\n“closure notice” has the meaning given by section 26(1);\n“closure order” has the meaning given by section 29(1);\n“closed premises” means premises in respect of which a closure order has effect;\n“court day” means a day which is not—\n(a)a Saturday or Sunday; or\n(b)a day which, by virtue of an order made under section 28(1) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), is a court holiday in respect of criminal business in the sheriff court in question;\n“premises” includes—\n(a)any land or other place (whether enclosed or not); and\n(b)any outbuildings which are or are used as part of the premises; and\n“relevant harm” means—\n(a)significant and persistent disorder; or\n(b)significant, persistent and serious nuisance to members of the public.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 40 substituted (1.4.2015) by The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/150), art. 1, sch. para. 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/8/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:35.498070+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}