{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/section-61.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/39",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part I.",
  "text": "In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“existing local authority” means a regional, islands or district council;\n“the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, established by section 1 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014;\n“records” shall be construed in accordance with section 53 of this Act;\n“the 1972 Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;\n“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992,\nand expressions used in this Part of this Act and in the 1973 Act shall have the same meanings in this Part as in that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 61 inserted (1.4.2023) by 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. 10(4) (with sch. 1 paras. 1-4, 13-20)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c. 14."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/section/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:34.733196+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."
}