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Local Government Act 1988
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A local authority.
[F1 An executive of a local authority (within the meaning of Part II of the Local Government Act 2000).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 inserted (11.7.2001 for E., 1.4.2002 for W.) by The Local Authorities (Executive and Alternative Arrangements) (Modification of Enactments and Other Provisions) (England) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2237), art. 18(2) and The Local Authorities (Executive and Alternative Arrangements) (Modification of Enactments and Other Provisions) (Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/808), art. 17(2)
[F2The Greater London Authority.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 2 inserted (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 80 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2
An urban development corporation established by an order under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.
[F3a Mayoral development corporation.]
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 2 inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 23
A development corporation established for the purposes of a new town.
[F4The Homes and Communities Agency so far as exercising functions in relation to anything transferred (or to be transferred) to it as mentioned in section 52(1)(a) to (d) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.]
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.12.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 8 para. 43; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(w)(3) (with arts. 6-13)
F5...
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Sch. 2 omitted (16.1.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 179; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 53)
F5...
A [F6fire authority constituted by a combination scheme] [F6fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies][F7, a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of that Act] and a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority.
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Sch. 2 substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2004 except in relation to W., 10.11.2004 for W.) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 1 para. 65; S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2917, art. 2
F7Words in Sch. 2 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. 55; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38
[F8The London Fire Commissioner.]
Textual Amendments
F8Words in Sch. 2 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. 80; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)
[F9A metropolitan county passenger transport authority.] [F9An Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England.]
Textual Amendments
F9Words in Sch. 2 substituted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 55(2)(a); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1
[F10An economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.
Textual Amendments
F10Words in Sch. 2 inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 73; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)
A combined authority established under section 103 of that Act.]
[F11A combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.]
Textual Amendments
F11Words in Sch. 2 inserted (E.W.) (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 91 (with s. 247)
An authority established by an order under section 10(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal).
F12...
Textual Amendments
F12Words in Sch. 2 omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 13 para. 6(21); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(g)
Textual Amendments
F13Words in Sch. 2 repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1)(3), Sch. 19 para. 110, Sch. 21 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2, Appendix
F14Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I
F15. . .
Textual Amendments
F15Words in Sch. 2 repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(a), Sch. 1
F16 . . ..
Textual Amendments
F16Words repealed by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3(1)(3), s. 72(3), Sch. 2 para. 17, Sch. 10
The Broads Authority.
[F17Any National Park authority]
Textual Amendments
F17Words in Sch. 2 inserted (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 65(7), 125(2), Sch. 8 para. 8(3)
F18. . .
Textual Amendments
F18Words in Sch. 2 repealed (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.
F18. . .
[F19The Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority.]
Textual Amendments
F19Words in Sch. 2 inserted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 156(6)(a); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
[F20A National Park authority in Scotland].
Textual Amendments
F20Words in Sch. 2 inserted (S.) (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, ss. 36, 37(1), Sch. 5 para. 13 (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2
[F21A Transport Partnership created under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12)]
Textual Amendments
F21Words in Sch. 2 inserted (S.) (10.10.2005) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), s. 54(2), sch. 1 para. 16(4); S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, sch. 2
[F22A joint planning board constituted under section 2(1B) of the M1Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Textual Amendments
F22Words in Sch. 2 inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 20 (with ss. 54(7), 55(7), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1
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F18. . .]
A Passenger Transport Executive, that is to say, any body constituted as such an Executive for [F23an integrated transport area or] a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II of the M2Transport Act 1968.
Textual Amendments
F23Words in Sch. 2 inserted (E.W.) (9.2.2009) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), s. 134(4), Sch. 4 para. 55(2)(b); S.I. 2009/107, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1
Marginal Citations
[F24A local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000]
Textual Amendments
F24Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 43, s. 74, Sch. 7 para. 82; S.I. 2001/919, art. 2(f)(ii)
[F25A probation trust.]
Textual Amendments
F25Words in Sch. 2 inserted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 8(2)
A joint committee discharging under section 101 of the M3Local Government Act 1972 functions of local authorities (within the meaning of that section).
Marginal Citations
[F26A corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.]
Textual Amendments
F26Words in Sch. 2 inserted (E.W.) (25.3.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 16
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