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(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 58.

(2)Local authority” means—

(a)a county council in England;

(b)a district council in England;

(c)the Greater London Authority;

(d)a London borough council;

(e)the Common Council of the City of London;

(f)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(g)a parish council in England;

(h)a county council in Wales;

(i)a community council in Wales;

(j)a county borough council in Wales;

[F1(ja)a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;]

(k)a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

(l)a community council in Scotland.

(3)A Minister of the Crown may by order amend subsection (2) so as to add, vary or omit a reference to a body which exercises functions that have been conferred on a local authority within paragraph (a) to (l).

(4)A reference to the carrying-out of official business by a person who is a member of a local authority is a reference to the doing of anything by the person—

(a)as a member of the authority,

(b)as a member of a body to which the person is appointed by, or appointed following nomination by, the authority or a group of bodies including the authority, or

(c)as a member of any other public body.

(5)Member”, in relation to the Greater London Authority, means—

(a)the Mayor of London;

(b)a member of the London Assembly.

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