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Section 33 Interpretation of Chapter 1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The following are local authorities for the purposes of this Chapter—

(a)

a county council;

(b)

a county borough council;

(c)

a district council;

(d)

the Greater London Authority;

(e)

a London borough council;

(f)

the Common Council of the City of London, in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority;

(g)

the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

F1(h)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(i)

an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) (waste disposal authorities);

C1(j)

a joint authority established by Part 4 of that Act F2(fire and rescue services and transport);

F3(ja)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(jb)

an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

(jc)

a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;

F5(jd)

a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

F6(je)

a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;

(k)

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);

F7(l)

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;

F8(la)

a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of that Act;

F9(m)

a police and crime commissioner.

(2)

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)