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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-footpaths-and-open-spaces-scotland-act-1970/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-footpaths-and-open-spaces-scotland-act-1970/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1970/28",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland) Act 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-footpaths-and-open-spaces-scotland-act-1970",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994)”\n“open space” means an open space forming part of the lay-out of a development but excludes land laid out for the purposes of public recreation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "The definitions of “carriageway”, “development” and “footpath” repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(3), Sch. 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition in s. 5 substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/974, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para.4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/28/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:11.775340+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."
}