{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/congested-districts-scotland-act-1897/section-10",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/60-61/53",
  "legislation_title": "Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/congested-districts-scotland-act-1897",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Definitions.",
  "text": "In this Act unless the subject or context otherwise requires—\nThe expression “congested district” means any place within the Highland Region, the islands areas of Orkney, Shetland or the Western Isles or the Argyll district other than the former burgh of Rothesay and the former district of Bute\nThe expressions “crofter,” “cottar,” . . . have the meanings assigned to them in the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1886.\nThe expressions “footpath”and “public road”have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65, SIF 81:2), s. 154(1), Sch. 19 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65, SIF 81:2), s. 237(1), Sch. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words added by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1886 c. 29."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/60-61/53/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:06.824688+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."
}