Housing Act 1985

4 Other descriptions of authority.

In this Act—

(a) “housing authority” means a local housing authority, a new town corporation or the Development Board for Rural Wales;

(b) “new town corporation” means a development corporation or the Commission for the New Towns;

(c) “development corporation” means a development corporation established by an order made, or having effect as if made, under the [1981 c. 64.] New Towns Act 1981;

(d) “urban development corporation” means an urban development corporation established under Part XVI of the [1980 c. 65.] Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(e) “local authority” means a county, district or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly, and in sections 45(2)(b), 50(2), 51(6), 80(1), 157(1), 171(2), 438, 441, 442, 443, 444(4), 452(2), 453(2), 573(1), paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1, grounds 7 and 12 in Schedule 2, ground 5 in Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 5 and Schedule 16 includes the Inner London Education Authority and a joint authority established by Part IV of the [1985 c. 51.] Local Government Act 1985.