{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-of-land-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-of-land-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/446",
  "legislation_title": "The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-of-land-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations–\n“the Acquisition Act” means the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;\n“acquiring authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 195(2) of the Planning Act;\n“benefited proprietor” means an owner of land on whom a notice is to be served in accordance with paragraph 3(b)(iii) of the First Schedule to the Acquisition Act;\n“holder of a personal real burden” means a person on whom a notice is to be served in accordance with paragraph 3(b)(ii) of the First Schedule to the Acquisition Act;\n“owners' association” means an owners' association under a development management scheme (as defined in section 71(3) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003) on which a notice is to be served in accordance with sub-paragraph 3(b)(iv) of the First Schedule to the Acquisition Act;\n“the Planning Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.\n(2) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 3(b) was amended by section 109(2) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 3(b) was amended by section 109(2) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2003 asp 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Paragraph 3(b) was amended by section 109(2) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/446/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:53.539953+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."
}