C2C3 Part I Local Authority Members, Officers, Staff and Committees etc.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21) applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21): power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this part (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4 para. (j)(i); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m) (subject to art. 2(3))

Pt. 1 (ss. 1-21): extended (E.W.) (26.10.2000 for E. and 28.7.2001 for W.) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 23, 108(4), Sch. 1 para. 3(13); S.I. 2000/2849, art. 2(c)

Interpretation of Part I

C121 Interpretation of Part I.

1

Any reference in this Part to a local authority is, in relation to England and Wales, a reference to a body of one of the following descriptions—

a

a county council;

F1aa

a county borough council;

b

a district council;

c

a London borough council;

d

the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority;

e

the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

f

a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme under the M1Fire Services Act 1947;

F2g

a police authority established under F3section 3 of the Police Act 1996F4or the Metropolitan Police Authority;

h

an authority established under section 10 of the M2Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal authorities);

i

a joint authority established by Part IV of that Act (F5police, fire services, civil defence and transport) F6or the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;

j

any body established pursuant to an order under section 67 of that Act (successors to residuary bodies);

k

the Broads Authority;

l

any joint board the constituent members of which consist of any of the bodies specified above; F7. . .

F8m

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F9and

F9n

a joint planning board constituted for an area in Wales outside a National Park by an order under section 2(1B) of the M3Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2

Any reference in this Part to a local authority is, in relation toScotland, a reference to a F10council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 or a joint board within the meaning of section 235(1) of the M4Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

3

In this Part—

“contravention” includes a failure to comply;

F11“council manager”, “executive”, “executive arrangements” and “mayor and council manager executive” have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000;

  • “modifications” includes additions, alterations and omissions;

  • “proper officer”—

    1. G

      in relation to a local authority in England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1972; and

    2. G

      in relation to a local authority in Scotland, has the same meaning as in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; and

  • “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the M5Interpretation Act 1978.

4

References in this Part to an officer of a local authority or to a paid office under a local authority do not include references to, or to the office of, the chairman or vice-chairman of the authority (whether referred to as such, as mayor, Lord Mayor, deputy mayor, as Lord Provost or otherwise F12or a member of any executive of the authority (other than a council manager)).