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Coronavirus Act 2020

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14In this Schedule—

  • “the appropriate national authority” means—

    (a)

    in relation to local authorities and areas in England, the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office,

    (b)

    in relation to local authorities and areas in Wales, the Welsh Ministers,

    (c)

    in relation to local authorities and areas in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers, and

    (d)

    in relation to local authorities and areas in Northern Ireland, a Northern Ireland department;

  • “burial authority” means—

    (a)

    a burial authority for the purposes of section 214 of the Local Government Act 1972,

    (b)

    a burial authority for the purposes of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 20) (see section 2 of that Act), or

    (c)

    a district council in Northern Ireland exercising its functions under Part 3 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878;

  • “combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

  • “cremation authority” means—

    (a)

    a cremation authority for the purposes of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (see section 47(5) of that Act), or

    (b)

    a district council in Northern Ireland providing and maintaining a crematorium under Article 17 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1208) (N.I. 15));

  • “English local authority” means—

    (a)

    a combined authority,

    (b)

    a county council,

    (c)

    a district council,

    (d)

    a London borough council,

    (e)

    the Greater London Authority,

    (f)

    the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, or

    (g)

    the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

  • “local authority” means—

    (a)

    an English local authority,

    (b)

    a county council in Wales or a county borough council,

    (c)

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

    (d)

    a district council in Northern Ireland;

  • “mayoral combined authority” has the meaning given by section 107A(8) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

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