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Chapter 1Employment, etc.

Local authority members

59Interpretation

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;

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.