4 Other descriptions of authority.E+W
In this Act—
(a)“housing authority” means a local housing authority [F1or a new town corporation];
(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, [F2county borough,]district or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly [F3, in sections 43, 44 and 232 includes the Broads Authority][F4, in sections 438, 441, 442, 443 and 458 includes the Broads Authority and a joint authority established by Part IV of the M3Local Government Act 1985][F5and the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority], and in sections 45(2)(b), 50(2), 51(6), 80(1), 157(1), 171(2), F6. . ., 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 F7. . . [F8the Broads Authority][F4, a police authority established under [F9section 3 of the Police Act 1996,]]. . . F10. . . F11. . . F7. . . a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985 [F5 and the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority].
[F12(f)“housing action trust” means a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 129, Sch. 15 para. 7 (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F2Words in s. 4(1)(e) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19. s. 22(2), Sch. 8 para. 5(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1
F3Words in s. 4(1)(e) inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), s. 21, Sch. 6 para. 25(a)
F4Words in s. 4(1)(e) inserted (1.10.1994 for certain purposes only and 1.4.1995 otherwise) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 58(a)(c); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.
F5Words in s. 4(1)(e) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 42 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(h)
F6Words in s. 4(1)(e) omitted (1.10.1994 for certain purposes only and 1.4.1995 otherwise) by virtue of 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 58(b); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.; and repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.
F7Words in s. 4(1)(e) repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
F8Words in s. 4(1)(e) inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), s. 21, Sch. 6 para. 25(b)
F9Words in s. 4(1)(e) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(v)
F10Words in s. 4(1)(e) repealed (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 128, 137, Sch. 6 Pt. 3 para. 67, Sch. 7 Pt. 5; S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(k)(m) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)
F11Word in s. 4(1)(e) repealed (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 423, Sch. 34 Pt. VIII (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(1)
F12S. 4(1)(f) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 62(7)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4(e) extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 4(x)
Marginal Citations