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In this section, “local authority” includes—

a

a parish council,

b

a parish meeting of a parish which does not have a separate parish council,

c

a community council,

d

a Passenger Transport Executive,

e

the London Waste and Recycling Board,

f

charter trustees (within the meaning of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014),

g

a port health authority for a port health district that is wholly in England,

h

a conservation board established by order of the Secretary of State under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000,

i

a chief constable for a police force for a police area in England,

j

the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,

k

an internal drainage board for an internal drainage district—

i

wholly in England, or

ii

partly in England and partly in Wales, and

l

any other person or body which for the time being is a relevant authority for the purposes of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and—

i

is not listed in paragraphs (a) to (k) or section 23(1),

ii

is not a health service body (within the meaning of that Act),

iii

is not specified in regulations under section 23(2), and

iv

does not fall within a class of bodies so specified.