{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rating-scotland-act-1926/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rating-scotland-act-1926/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/16-17/47",
  "legislation_title": "Rating (Scotland) Act 1926",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rating-scotland-act-1926",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n. . .\nthe expression “rate” includes any rate, charge and assessment the proceeds of which are applicable to public local purposes and which is leviable on lands and heritages;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Any reference in this Act to any statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the statutory provision as amended or extended or applied by any subsequent Act, including this Act.\n3)—(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definitions repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 43), s. 381, Sch. 14, Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60), Sch. 7 Pt. IV and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975 (c. 10), Sch. Pt. XIV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definitions repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 43), s. 381, Sch. 14, Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60), Sch. 7 Pt. IV and Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Ss. 27, 28, 29 (3)–(5) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 43), s. 381, Sch. 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/47/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:41:32.121746+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."
}