4 Other descriptions of authority.E+W
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 M1New Towns Act 1981;
(d)“urban development corporation” means an urban development corporation established under Part XVI of the M2Local 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 [F1, in sections 43, 44 and 232 includes the Broads Authority], and in sections 45(2)(b), 50(2), 51(6), 80(1), 157(1), 171(2), 438, 441, 442, 443, [F2458], [F3460(3)], 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 . . . F4[F5M3the Broads Authority] . . . F4 a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985.
[F6(f)“housing action trust” means a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988]
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), s. 21, Sch. 6 para. 25(a)
F2Word in s. 4(e) substituted (17.8.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 20; S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(2)
F3Number inserted by S.I. 1986/1, art. 3(3)
F4Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
F5Words inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), s. 21, Sch. 6 para. 25(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4(e) extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 4(x)
Marginal Citations