# Local Government Act 1988, Public authorities

Extent: E+W+S

A local authority.
An executive of a local authority (within the meaning of Part II of the Local Government Act 2000).
The Greater London Authority.
An urban development corporation established by an order under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.
a Mayoral development corporation.
A development corporation established for the purposes of a new town.
The Homes and Communities Agency so far as exercising functions in relation to anything transferred (or to be transferred) to it as mentioned in section 52(1)(a) to (d) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
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A fire authority constituted by a combination scheme fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies, a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of that Act and a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority.
The London Fire Commissioner.
A metropolitan county passenger transport authority. An Integrated Transport Authority for an integrated transport area in England.
An economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.
A combined authority established under section 103 of that Act.
A combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.
An authority established by an order under section 10(1) of the Local Government Act 1985 (waste disposal).
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The Broads Authority.
Any National Park authority
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The Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority.
A National Park authority in Scotland.
A Transport Partnership created under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12)
A joint planning board constituted under section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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A Passenger Transport Executive, that is to say, any body constituted as such an Executive for an integrated transport area or a passenger transport area for the purposes of Part II of the Transport Act 1968.
A local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000
A probation trust.
A joint committee discharging under section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 functions of local authorities (within the meaning of that section).
A corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/9/schedule/2/crossheading/public-authorities (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988/schedule-2/crossheading-public-authorities
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