“Billing authority”, “precepting authority”, “major precepting authority” and “ local precepting authority” have the same meaning as in Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

A waste disposal authority is an authority established at any time by an order under section 10(1) of the M1Local Government Act 1985.

A combined police authority is a combined police authority established at any time by an amalgamation scheme under the M2Police Act 1964.

A combined fire authority is a fire authority constituted at any time by a combination scheme under the M3Fire Services Act 1947.

A F2billing authority is a special authority if its population on 1 April 1986 was less than 10,000, and its gross rateable value on that date divided by its population on that date was more than £10,000.

An authority’s population on 1 April 1986 is the Registrar General’s estimate of its population on that date as certified by him to the Secretary of State for the purposes of the enactments relating to rate support grant; and an authority’s gross rateable value on that date is the aggregate of the rateable values on that date of the hereditaments in its area.