A local authority.

A development corporation established for the purposes of a new town.

The Commission for the New Towns.

A police authority constituted under section 2 of the M1Police Act 1964 or as mentioned in section 3(1) of that Act, or established by section 24 or 25 of the M2Local Government Act 1985.

A fire authority constituted by a combination scheme and a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority.

The London Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

A metropolitan county passenger transport authority.

An authority established by an order under section 10(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal).

A joint education committee established by an order under paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the M3Education Act 1944 . . . F1.

A water development board in Scotland.

. . . F2.

The Broads Authority.

The Lake District Special Planning Board.

The Peak Park Joint Planning Board.

A Passenger Transport Executive, that is to say, any body constituted as such an Executive for a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II of the M4Transport Act 1968.

A probation and after-care committee, that is to say, any body constituted as such a committee for a probation and after-care area by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the M5Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973.

A joint committee discharging under section 101 of the M6Local Government Act 1972 functions of local authorities (within the meaning of that section).