Section 133 Interpretation.

Scotland

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

F1“enforcing authority” has the meaning given by section 61(9) of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)
“local authority” means a F2council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
“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

F3 “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.

Annotations

F1: Words in s. 133 inserted (1.10.2006) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/475), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 11(5)
F2: S. 133: words in definition of “local authority” substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 129(21); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F3: Definition inserted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156, Sch 9 para. 87(8)