PART 1Local Government

CHAPTER 1General powers of authorities

8Interpretation of Chapter

(1)

In this Chapter—

F1“CCA” means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

F1“combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

“the general power” means the power conferred by section 1(1);

“local authority” means—

(a)

a county council in England,

(b)

a district council,

(c)

a London borough council,

(d)

the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority,

(e)

the Council of the Isles of Scilly, or

(f)

an eligible parish council;

F2“mayor”, in relation to a mayoral combined authority or mayoral CCA, means the mayor for the area of that authority;

F2“mayoral CCA” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 — see section 57 of that Act;

F2“mayoral combined authority” has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 — see section 120 of that Act;

“statutory provision” means a provision of an Act or of an instrument made under an Act.

(2)

A parish council is “eligible” for the purposes of this Chapter if the council meets the conditions prescribed by the Secretary of State by order for the purposes of this section.