Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

22 In this Schedule—

• " the appropriate authority " means—

  (i)

  in relation to any place in England and Wales, the district council for the area in which the place is situated ; or

  (ii)

  in relation to any place situated in the Isles of Stilly, the Council of the Isles of Stilly ;

• " the chief officer of police ", in relation to any place, means the chief officer of police for the police area in which the place is situated;

• " the commencement date " means 1st January 1983 ;

• " an entertainments licence" means a licence granted under this Schedule ;

• " fire authority ", in relation to any place, means the authority discharging in the area in which the place is situated the functions of fire authority under the [1947 c. 41.] Fire Services Act 1947;

• "place of public religious worship" means a place of public religious worship which belongs to the Church of England or to the Church in Wales (within the meaning of the [1914 c. 91.] Welsh Church Act 1914), or which is for the time being certified as required by law as a place of religious worship ;

• " pleasure fair" has the meaning assigned to it by section 75(2)(a) of the [1961 c. 64.] Public Health Act 1961.