C1C2C3C4Part I Competition

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. I (ss. 1–16): power to modify conferred by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 97(1)(b)

C2

Pt. I (ss. 1-16): power to modify conferred (prosp.) by Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), ss. 8(5), 30(3)

C3

Pt. I (ss. 1-16): applied (with modifications) (temp. from 31.3.1995 to 31.12.2000) by S.I. 1995/678, art. 3, Sch. 1

C4

Pt. I (ss. 1-16): power to apply conferred (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4 para. (h)(i); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 3

Preliminary

1 Defined authorities.

1

For the purposes of this Part each of the following is a defined authority—

a

a local authority,

b

an urban development corporation established by an order under section 135 of the M1Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980,

c

a development corporation established for the purposes of a new town,

d

the Commission for the New Towns,

e

a police authority constituted under section 2 of the M2Police Act 1964 or as mentioned in section 3(1) of that Act, or established by section 24 or 25 of the M3Local Government Act 1985,

f

a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme and a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority,

g

the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority,

h

a metropolitan county passenger transport authority,

i

an authority established by an order under section 10(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal),

F1j

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

k

a water development board in Scotland, . . . F2

l

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

2

In the application of this Part to England and Wales, “local authority” in subsection (1) above means—

a

a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a parish council, a community council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

b

the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or police authority.

3

In the application of this Part to Scotland, in subsection (1) above—

a

“local authority” means a regional, islands or district council or any joint board or joint committee within the meaning of the M4Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and

b

“water development board” has the same meaning as in section 109(1) of the M5Water (Scotland) Act 1980.

4

In a case where two or more defined authorities arrange under section 101 of the M6Local Government Act 1972 for the discharge by a joint committee of theirs of any of their functions, the committee shall itself be treated as a defined authority for the purposes of this Part in its application to England and Wales.