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5. The following definitions shall be treated as included in Schedule 1 for the purposes specified in this paragraph—
 * (a) in any Act passed before 1st April 1974, a reference to England includes Berwick upon Tweed and Monmouthshire and, in the case of an Act passed before the Welsh Language Act 1967, Wales;
 * (b) in any Act passed before the commencement of this Act and after the year 1850, “land” includes messuages, tenements and hereditaments, houses and buildings of any tenure;
 * (c) in any Act passed before the commencement of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, “the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts” means Part II of that Act.

PART II 6. Sections 4(a), 9 and 19(1), and so much of Schedule 1 as defines the following expressions, namely—
 * British subject and Commonwealth citizen;
 * England;
 * Local land charges register and appropriate local land charges register;
 * Police area (and related expressions) in relation to Scotland;
 * United Kingdom;
 * Wales,

apply to subordinate legislation made at any time before the commencement of this Act as they apply to Acts passed at that time.

7. The definition in Schedule 1 of “county court”, in relation to England and Wales, applies to Orders in Council made after the year 1846.