Section 33 Interpretation of Chapter 1
England and Wales
The following are local authorities for the purposes of this Chapter—
a county council;
a county borough council;
a district council;
the Greater London Authority;
a London borough council;
the Common Council of the City of London, in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority;
the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
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an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) (waste disposal authorities);
a joint authority established by Part 4 of that Act F2(fire and rescue services and transport);
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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;
a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;
a joint planning board constituted for an area in Wales outside a National Park by an order under section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);
a 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;
a police and crime commissioner.
In this Chapter—
“functional body” has the same meaning as in the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29);
“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 33(1)(h) omitted (1.4.2005) by virtue of Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/886), art. 1, Sch. para. 96
- F2
Words in s. 33(1)(j) substituted (1.4.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 2 para. 10(3)(e); S.I. 2005/772, art. 2(b)
- F3
S. 33(1)(ja) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 13 para. 6(32)(b); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(g)
- F4
S. 33(1)(jb)(jc) inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 117(3); S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)
- F5
S. 33(1)(jd) inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 151 (with s. 247)
- F6
S. 33(1)(je) inserted (W.) (20.10.2025) by The Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment to the Local Government Act 2003) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1087), regs. 1, 2
- F7
S. 33(1)(l) substituted (1.10.2004 except in relation to W. otherwise 10.11.2004) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 1 para. 101; S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2917, art. 2
- F8
S. 33(1)(la) inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 83(3); S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38
- F9
S. 33(1)(m) substituted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 27(4), 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 319; S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(a)(i)
Modifications
- C1
S. 33(1)(j) modified (5.10.2026) by The Surrey (Structural Changes) (Pensions etc.) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/1011), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 7(s) (with Sch. para. 10)