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8. In section 4(1), in the definition of “local authority”, there shall be substituted for the words from “any authority” to “rate” the following words–
“(a)a charging authority, a precepting authority, a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988;
(b)a levying body within the meaning of section 74 of that Act; and
(c)a body as regards which section 75 of that Act applies,”.