# Greater London Authority Act 1999, Section 211: Public sector operators.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In this Chapter public sector operator means—
(a) any Minister of the Crown, government department or other emanation of the Crown;
(b) any local authority;
(c) any Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England;
(ca) any combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
(cb) any combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
(d) any body corporate whose members are appointed by a Minister of the Crown, a government department, a local authority, an Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England or a combined authority , combined authority or combined county authority or by a body corporate whose members are so appointed;
(e) a company—
(i) a majority of whose issued shares are held by or on behalf of any of the bodies or persons falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above;
(ii) in which the majority of the voting rights are held by or on behalf of any of those bodies or persons;
(iii) a majority of whose board of directors can be appointed or removed by any of those bodies or persons; or
(iv) in which the majority of the voting rights are controlled by any of those bodies or persons, pursuant to an agreement with other persons;
(f) a subsidiary of a company falling within paragraph (e) above.
(2) Expressions used in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) of subsection (1)(e) above that are defined for the purposes of the Companies Acts (see section 1174 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Companies Act 2006) have the same meaning in those sub-paragraphs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/211 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-211
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.