{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-counties-agricultural-grants-scotland-scheme-1988/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-counties-agricultural-grants-scotland-scheme-1988/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/559",
  "legislation_title": "The Crofting Counties Agricultural Grants (Scotland) Scheme 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-counties-agricultural-grants-scotland-scheme-1988",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act of 1955” means the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955;\n“the Act of 1961” means the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961;\n“approved” means approved by the Secretary of State in writing and “approve” and “approval” shall be construed accordingly;\n“business” means any one agricultural business being undertaken by a crofter or eligible occupier whether as an individual or in association or partnership with others;\n“crofter” includes any grazings committee or grazings constable appointed under section 24 of the Act of 1955 and in the application of this Scheme to a grazings committee or a grazings constable any reference to a croft shall be construed as a reference to the common grazings for the management of which the committee or, as the case may be, the grazings constable is responsible;\n“eligible occupier” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 3 of this Scheme;\n“livestock” includes any creature kept for the production of food, wool, skins, or fur or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land;\n“operation” means any of the operations specified in the Schedule to this Scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/559/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:09:06.836996+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."
}