Article 6

After subsection (2) of section 70 there shall be inserted the following —

“(2A)

A local authority is —

(a)

the council of a county, county borough, district, London borough, parish or group of parishes (or, in Wales, community or group of communities);

(b)

the Common Council of the City of London;

(c)

as respects the Temples, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple respectively;

(d)

the council of the Isles of Scilly;

(e)

any joint committee or joint board established by two or more of the foregoing;

(f)

in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f1, any two or more such councils and any joint committee or joint board within the meaning of section 235(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.^f2 ”.