Section 7 Interpretation of Part I.

In this Part of this Act except so far as the context otherwise requires—

• “in” in a context referring to things in a road includes a reference to things under, over, across, along or upon the road;

• “owner” has the meaning assigned to it by section three hundred and forty-three of the M1Public Health Act, 1936;

• “public path” has the meaning assigned to it by section twenty-seven of the National Parks and Access to the M2Countryside Act, 1949;

• “road” means any highway (including a public path) and any other road, lane, footway, square, court, alley or passage (whether a thoroughfare or not) to which the public has access, but does not include a special road (as defined by the M3Special Roads Act, 1949).