# Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Section 57: Interpretation of Chapter 1


In this Chapter—
“conduct” includes a failure to act;
“local authority” means—
(a)in relation to England, a district council, a county council for an area for which there is no district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(b)in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;
“owner”, in relation to premises, means—
(a)a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the premises, whether in possession or in reversion;
(b)a person who holds or is entitled to the rents and profits of the premises under a lease that (when granted) was for a term of not less then 3 years;
“premises” includes any land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-57
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