Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976

21 Interpretation

(1) Expressions used in this Act and the Act of 1955 have the same meanings in this Act as in that Act.

(2) In this Act—

• " the Act of 1955 " means the [1955 c. 21.] Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 ;

• " the Act of 1961 " means the [1961 c. 58.] Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961;

• " authority possessing compulsory purchase powers " has the same meaning as in the [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

• " cottar " has the same meaning as in section 28 of the Act of 1955;

• " croft land " has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3) of this Act;

• " development " has the same meaning as in section 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, except that it includes the operations and uses of land referred to in paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (2) of that section;

• " landlord ", in relation to the site of the dwelling-house on or pertaining to the subject of a cottar, means—

  (a)

  where the cottar is the tenant of the subject, the landlord thereof, and

  (b)

  where the cottar is the occupier of the subject who pays no rent, the owner thereof;

• " National Trust for Scotland " means the National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty incorporated by the Order confirmed by the [1935 c. ii.] National Trust for Scotland Order Confirmation Act 1935 ;

• " the site of the dwelling-house " has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(4) of this Act.

(3) Any reference in this Act to a member of a person's or ¢crofter's or former crofter's family is a reference to the wife or husband of that person or crofter or former crofter or his son-in-law or daughter-in-law or anyone who would be, or would in any circumstances have been, entitled to succeed to his estate on intestacy by virtue of the [1964 c. 41.] Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.

(4) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by any other enactment including this Act.