Paragraph 18 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

For subsection (5) of section 168 there shall be substituted the following subsection–

“(5)

In this section “local authority” means–

(a)

a charging authority, a precepting authority, a combined police authority or a combined fire authority, as defined in section 144 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

(b)

a levying body within the meaning of section 74 of that Act; and

(c)

a body as regards which section 75 of that Act applies”.