Supplementary and final provisions

Interpretation
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1
In this Act—
- “accredited parking association” has the meaning given by section 5(3);
- “parking charge” has the meaning given by subsection (2);
- “the parking code” means the code issued under section 2(4) (as altered or replaced from time to time);
- “private parking facilities” means facilities for the parking of vehicles on relevant land;
- “public authority” means a public authority within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, other than a court or tribunal;
- “the register” has the meaning given by section 5(4);
- “relevant land” has the meaning given by subsection (3);
- “vehicle” means a mechanically-propelled vehicle or a vehicle designed or adapted for towing by a mechanically-propelled vehicle.
2
“Parking charge” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (recovery of unpaid parking charges), but in relation to Scotland that paragraph has effect for the purposes of this Act with the following modifications—
a
references to tort are to be read as references to delict,
b
in paragraph 2(3), paragraph (a), and the words “where no such requirements apply,” in paragraph (b), are to be treated as omitted, and
c
“relevant land” has the meaning given by subsection (3) below.
3
“Relevant land” has the meaning given by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, but in relation to Scotland that paragraph has effect for the purposes of this Act with the following modifications—
a
the reference in paragraph 3(1)(a) to a highway maintainable at the public expense is to be read as a reference to a public road within the meaning of section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,
b
the reference in paragraph 3(1)(b) to a parking place which is provided or controlled by a traffic authority is to be read as a reference to a parking place provided or controlled by—
i
the Secretary of State,
ii
the Scottish Ministers, or
iii
a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, and
c
the reference in paragraph 3(4) to an Act is to be taken to include an Act of the Scottish Parliament.