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(1)Each of the following is (subject to the limitations set out) to be treated as a local authority for the purposes of sections 138A and 138B—
(a)the London Assembly, but only for the purposes of section 138A;
(b)the Greater London Authority, but only for the purposes of section 138B;
(c)the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, but only for the purposes of section 138B;
(d)[F2the London Fire Commissioner but only for the purposes of section 138B;]
(e)Transport for London;
(f)a Mayoral development corporation;
(g)the Common Council in its capacity as a local authority or police authority or port health authority, but only for the purposes of section 138B(3);
(h)the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple, in that person's capacity as a local authority, but only for the purposes of section 138B(3);
(i)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(j)a parish meeting;
(k)charter trustees constituted—
(i)under section 246,
(ii)by the Charter Trustees Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/263), or
(iii)under Part 1 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;
(l)a joint authority;
(m)an economic prosperity board;
(n)a combined authority;
(o)a joint waste authority;
(p)a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme—
(i)under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, or
(ii)to which section 4 of that Act applies;
[F3(pa)a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of that Act, but only for the purposes of section 138B;]
(q)the Passenger Transport Executive of an integrated transport area in England;
(r)an executive body established, in relation to an Integrated Transport Authority, by virtue of section 79(1)(a) or 84(2)(d) of the Local Transport Act 2008;
(s)a joint committee constituted to be a local planning authority by an order under section 29 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;
(t)a joint board continued in existence by section 263(1);
(u)a joint board constituted a port health authority under section 2(4)(b) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984;
(v)a riparian authority within section 2(2)(b) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (conservators or commissioners etc) in its capacity as a port health authority, but only for the purposes of section 138B(3);
(w)an internal drainage board for a district neither wholly nor partly in Wales;
(x)a police and crime commissioner, but only for the purposes of section 138B;
(y)a police and crime panel established and maintained in accordance with Part 2 or 3 of Schedule 6 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, but only for the purposes of section 138B.
(2)Section 138A(2)(a), (b) and (c) apply—
(a)as if a police and crime panel established and maintained in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 6 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 were a joint committee of the kind mentioned in section 138A(2)(b),
(b)as if a committee of a police and crime panel established and maintained in accordance with Part 2 or 3 of that Schedule, and any sub-committee of such a committee, were a sub-committee of the panel,
(c)as if a sub-committee of a joint committee constituted to be a local planning authority by an order under section 29 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 were a committee of that joint committee, and
(d)as if a committee appointed as mentioned in section 35(3) of the Localism Act 2011 (standards committee of the Greater London Authority) were a joint committee of the kind mentioned in section 138A(2)(b).
(3)Section 138B applies in relation to the Greater London Authority as follows—
(a)the powers conferred on the Authority by section 138B(1) are exercisable on behalf of the Authority by the Mayor of London, or by the London Assembly, or by the Mayor and Assembly acting jointly, and
(b)section 138B(3), so far as it refers to powers of the Authority, refers to powers of the Authority whether exercisable by the Mayor, by the Assembly or by the Mayor and Assembly acting jointly.
(4)The Common Council may make payments out of the City fund for the purpose of supporting or facilitating, or making arrangements for the Corporation of the City to be represented at, any event mentioned in section 138B(1).
(5)The Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple may, out of funds derived from any precept issued under Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, make payments for the purpose of supporting or facilitating, or making arrangements for the Temple concerned to be represented at, any event mentioned in section 138B(1).
(6)Subsections (4) and (5) do not limit other powers.
(7)An internal drainage board for a district partly but not wholly in Wales is to be treated as a local authority in England—
(a)for the purposes of section 138A, but only in relation to meetings held otherwise than in Wales, and
(b)for the purposes of section 138B, but only in relation to events that are to take place otherwise than in Wales.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 138C inserted (26.5.2015) by Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015 (c. 27), ss. 2(1), 3(2)
F2S. 138C(1)(d) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 41; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)
F3S. 138C(1)(pa) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 25; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38
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