# Local Government Act 2003, Section 33: Interpretation of Chapter 1

Extent: E+W

(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;
(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i) an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) (waste disposal authorities);
(j) a joint authority established by Part 4 of that Act (fire and rescue services and transport);
(ja) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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;
(jd) a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
(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);
(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;
(la) a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of that Act;
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/26/section/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2003/section-33
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