# The Local Authorities (Smallholdings) Order 1974, Article 3: Interpretation


(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In this order—
“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;
“the Act of 1970” means the Agriculture Act 1970;
“the Minister” and “the Ministers” have the meanings assigned to those expressions by section 37(1) of the Act of 1970 (interpretation of Part III of that Act) as read with section 62 of that Act (provisions as to Wales);
“new county council” means the council of a county established by the Act;
“transferor authority” means the council of a county or county borough which immediately prior to 1st April 1974 was a smallholdings authority and the whole or part of whose smallholdings estate was transferred under the Act to a new county council;
“transferee authority” means a new county council to whom the whole or any part of the smallholdings estate of a transferor authority was transferred under the Act:
“smallholdings authority” means—
(a) in relation to any time before 1st April 1974, the council of a county or of a county borough falling within paragraph (c) or (d) of section 38 of the Act of 1970 (Smallholdings authorities) as that enactment had effect before that date; and
(b) as from 1st April 1974, a new county council;
“smallholdings estate” means the aggregate of the land which is for the time being held by a smallholdings authority for the purposes of smallholdings;
“Wales” means the area consisting of the counties established by section 20 of the Act (new local government areas in Wales) and “England” does not include any area included in any of those counties.
(3) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment or by this order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/396/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-smallholdings-order-1974/article-3
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