# Parish Councils Act 1957, 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 Public Health Act, 1936;
“public path” has the meaning assigned to it by section twenty-seven of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside 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 Special Roads Act, 1949).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/42/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parish-councils-act-1957/section-7
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