# Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, Section 133: Interpretation.

Extent: S

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—
“enforcing authority” has the meaning given by section 61(9) of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)
“local authority” means a council 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 Local 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
“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 Hovercraft Act 1968 but not including a vessel in Her Majesty’s service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/section/133 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-133
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