{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rights-of-light-act-1959/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rights-of-light-act-1959/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/56",
  "legislation_title": "Rights of Light Act 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rights-of-light-act-1959",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—\n“action” includes a counterclaim, and any reference to the plaintiff in an action shall be construed accordingly;\n...\n“owner”, in relation to any land, means a person who is the estate owner in respect of the fee simple thereof, or is entitled to a tenancy thereof (within the meaning of the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1954) for a term of years certain of which, at the time in question, not less than seven years remain unexpired, or is a mortgagee in possession (within the meaning of the Law of Property Act, 1925) where the interest mortgaged is either the fee simple of the land or such a tenancy thereof;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by rules under section 14 of the Local Land Charges Act 1975;\n(2) References in this Act to any enactment shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) omitted (12.4.2015) by virtue of Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 30(b) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) substituted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 30(a) (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1954 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1925 c. 20."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/56/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:48.556628+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."
}