# Compensation (Defence) Act 1939, Section 18: Application to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) For the purpose of the application of this Act to Scotland, the expression “chattels” means corporeal moveables; . . . ; the reference in the last preceding section to allotment gardens within the meaning of the Allotments Act, 1922 is omitted; and the expression “owner”, where used in relation to land, has the like meaning as in the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897.
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(3) For the purpose of the application of this Act to Northern Ireland, the expression “rackrent,”’ where used in relation to land, has the same meaning as in the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.
(4) Sections seven and nine of this Act shall have effect with these modifications—
(a) in their application to proceedings in Scotland before a tribunal constituted under this Act, for references to the High Court there shall be substituted references to the Court of Session;
(b) in their application to proceedings in Northern Ireland before a tribunal constituted under this Act, for references to the High Court there shall be substituted references to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/section-18
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