[1E+W+SEach of the following councils shall be the licensing authority for their area for the purposes of this Schedule, that is to say—
(a)in England and Wales, the council of any county so far as they are the council for an area for which there are no district councils, the council of any county borough, district or London borough and the Common Council of the City of London;
(b)in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 F1.]