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Section 2 Interpretation of terms.

United Kingdom

In this Act—

  • “Rolling stock” includes waggons, trucks, carriages of all kinds, and locomotive engines used on railways:

  • “Rent” includes royalty or other reservation in the nature of rent:

  • “Work” includes any colliery, quarry, mine, manufactory, warehouse, wharf, pier, or jetty, in or on which is any railway siding:

  • “Tenant” includes a lessee, sub-lessee, or other person having an interest in a work under a lease or agreement, or by use and occupation, or being otherwise liable to pay rent in respect of a work:

  • “Person” includes a body corporate:

  • “Court of summary jurisdiction” means any justices of the peace, F1. . . stipendary magistrate, F2sheriff principal, sheriff, or other magistrate or officer, by whatever name called, who is capable of exercising jurisdiction in summary proceedings for the recovery of penalties.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 2: words in the definition of “Court of summary jurisdiction” repealed (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 78, Sch. 15 Pt. V(3) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(c)

F2

Words substituted by virtue of Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 4

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 14 para. 18, Sch. 23 Pt. 4 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)