{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1947/section-113",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/10-11/53",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1947",
  "path": "section/113",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "113",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“land” includes land covered with water and any building as defined by this section, and, in relation to the acquisition of land under Part III of this Act, includes any interest or right in or over land;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“local authority” means a county council, town council or district council, or any other authority within the meaning of the Local Authorities Loans (Scotland) Act, 1891, and includes any joint board or joint committee of which all the constituent authorities are such local authorities as aforesaid;regional, islands or district council\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2)—(4) . . .\n(5) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment including, except where the context otherwise requires, this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 113(1) except the definitions of “land” and “local authority” repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(3), Sch. 11 (with s. 128(1) )"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words “regional” to “council” substituted for words “county” to “aforesaid” (16.5.1975) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 238(2), Sch. 23 para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Ss. 1–43, 44(2), 46(1)–(7)(9), 47–108, 109(2)–(6), 110–112, 113(2)–(4) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1891 c. 34."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}