82(1)In relation to any time before 1st April 1965 the definition of " local authority " in section 290(1) of this Act shall have effect—
(a)as if it included a reference to a metropolitan borough; and
(b)as if for the words "the Greater London Council, the council of a London borough and any other authority (except the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District) who are " there were substituted the words " and any other authority being ".
(2)For the purposes of the construction, in accordance with Part I of this Schedule, of any enactment which incorporates the definition of "local authority" in the Act of 1947, section 215 and the reference to it in section 290(1) of this Act shall be disregarded.