[F179B“Local authority”: WalesU.K.
In this Part, “ local authority ” in relation to Wales means—
(a)a county council;
(b)a county borough council;
(c)a community council;
(d)a National Park authority;
[F2(da)a corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;]
(e)a joint planning board constituted for an area in Wales outside a National Park by an order under section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
(f)a fire 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;
F3(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(h)any body specified for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations under section 79C.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 79A-79C inserted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 239(3), 245(5); S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(u) (with art. 6(6))
F2S. 79B(da) inserted (E.W.) (25.3.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 12(b)
F3S. 79B(g) omitted (22.11.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 216; S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)