{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lands-tribunal-act-1949/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lands-tribunal-act-1949/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/42",
  "legislation_title": "Lands Tribunal Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lands-tribunal-act-1949",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the Acquisition of Land Act” means the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919;\n“arbitrator”, in relation to Scotland, means arbiter;\n“First-tier Tribunal for Scotland” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, established by section 1 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014;\n“Upper Tribunal for Scotland” means the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, established by section 1 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as referring to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by any other enactment.\n(3) Any power under this Act to make rules shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 inserted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of Valuation Appeals Committees) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/45), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(3) (with sch. 1 paras. 1-4, 13-20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 8(1) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Valuation for Rating Appeal Functions of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/48), reg. 1, sch. 2 para. 2(3) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "The definition of “barrister-at-law” repealed by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(7), Sch. 20"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 35), Sch. 11 Pt. III"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1919 c. 57."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/42/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:37.264380+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."
}