Part 5Work
Chapter 1Employment, etc.
Local authority members
59Interpretation
(1)
This section applies for the purposes of section 58.
(2)
“Local authority” means—
(a)
a county council in England;
(b)
a district council in England;
(c)
the Greater London Authority;
(d)
a London borough council;
(e)
the Common Council of the City of London;
(f)
the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(g)
a parish council in England;
(h)
a county council in Wales;
(i)
a community council in Wales;
(j)
a county borough council in Wales;
F1(ja)
a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;
(k)
a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
(l)
a community council in Scotland.
(3)
A Minister of the Crown may by order amend subsection (2) so as to add, vary or omit a reference to a body which exercises functions that have been conferred on a local authority within paragraph (a) to (l).
(4)
A reference to the carrying-out of official business by a person who is a member of a local authority is a reference to the doing of anything by the person—
(a)
as a member of the authority,
(b)
as a member of a body to which the person is appointed by, or appointed following nomination by, the authority or a group of bodies including the authority, or
(c)
as a member of any other public body.
(5)
“Member”, in relation to the Greater London Authority, means—
(a)
the Mayor of London;
(b)
a member of the London Assembly.