s 133 Interpretation.
In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires— “enforcing authority” has the meaning given by section 61(9) of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) “ local authority ” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ; “ proper officer ” shall be construed in accordance with section 235(3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; “ public place ” means any place (whether a thoroughfare or not) to which the public have unrestricted access and includes— (a) the doorways or entrances of premises abutting on any such place; and (b) any common passage, close, court, stair, garden or yard pertinent to any tenement or group of separately owned houses; and “ public road ”, “ road ” and “ roads authority ” have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984; “ vessel ” means any kind of water-craft including a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968 but not including a vessel in Her Majesty’s service.