# Interpretation Act 1978, Paragraph 5


The following definitions shall be treated as included in Schedule 1 for the purposes specified in this paragraph—
(a) in any Act passed before 1st April 1974, a reference to England includes Berwick upon Tweed and Monmouthshire and, in the case of an Act passed before the Welsh Language Act 1967, Wales;
(b) in any Act passed before the commencement of this Act and after the year 1850, “land” includes messuages, tenements and hereditaments, houses and buildings of any tenure;
(c) in any Act passed before the commencement of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, “the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts” means Part II of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/interpretation-act-1978/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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