{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-development-and-finance-scotland-act-1964/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-development-and-finance-scotland-act-1964/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/67",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland) Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-development-and-finance-scotland-act-1964",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—\n“erect” includes extend, alter and re-erect, and “erection” shall be construed accordingly;\n“land” includes any structure or erection thereon, land covered with water and any interest or right in or over land;\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.\n(2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in definition of “local authority” in s. 16(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by virtue of 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 65; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/67/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:58:55.427090+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."
}