{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-planning-and-land-act-1980/schedule-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-planning-and-land-act-1980/schedule-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-planning-and-land-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/16",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Bodies to whom Part X Applies",
  "text": "1A county council.\n1AA county borough council.\n1BA corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.\n2A district council.\n3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n4A London borough council.\n5The Common Council of the City of London.\n5A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5BA joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985.\n5BZAAn economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.\n5BZBA combined authority established under section 103 of that Act.\n5BZBAA combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.\n5BZCThe Greater London Authority.\n5BA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5BBThe London Fire Commissioner.\n5BCTransport for London.\n5BDA fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.\n5CA police and crime commissioner.\n5CCThe Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.\n5CDThe British Transport Police.\n5D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n7A development corporation established under the New Towns Act 1981\n8An urban development corporation established under this Act.\n8AA housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988.\n9The Regulator of Social Housing.\n9a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n11The Civil Aviation Authority.\n12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n14The Coal Authority\n15The British Broadcasting Corporation.\n16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n17AThe National Rivers Authority\n18Statutory undertakers other than Canal & River Trust.\nIn paragraph 18 above “statutory undertakers” means persons authorised by any enactment to carry on any railway, light railway, road transport, water transport, canal inland navigation, dock or harbour undertaking, or any undertaking for the supply of ... , ... or hydraulic power\nProvided that where any persons carry on a business to the main purpose of which any such undertaking is merely ancillary those persons shall not be treated as statutory undertakers for the purposes of paragraph 18 above.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 1A inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 59(5); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 1B inserted (25.3.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 48(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 24, Sch. 16 para. 3, Sch. 32 Pt. III para. 23(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 102, Sch. 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Para. 5A repealed (1.4.1990) by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), s. 237, Sch. 13, Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Paras. 5A, 5B inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 59(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 16 paras. 5BZA, 5BZB inserted (17.12.2009) by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), s. 148(6), Sch. 6 para. 53; S.I. 2009/3318, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5BZBA inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(2)(c), Sch. 4 para. 67 (with s. 247)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5BZC inserted (E.) (30.6.2011) by The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Amendment of Schedule 16) (England) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1399), arts. 1(1), 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5BA omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 13 para. 6(14)(e); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5BB substituted (E.W.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 61; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5BC inserted (E.) (30.6.2011) by The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Amendment of Schedule 16) (England) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1399), arts. 1(1), 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5BD inserted (E.W.) (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. 42; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5C, 5CC substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 142; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 43)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5CD inserted (E.) (30.6.2011) by The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (Amendment of Schedule 16) (England) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1399), arts. 1(1), 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 5D repealed (1.4.2002) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 128, 137, Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 38, Sch. 7 Pt. V; S.I. 2002/344, art. 3(j)(k)(m) (with transitional provisions in art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 6 repealed (1.12.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 8 para. 31, Sch. 16; S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 2(1)(w)(3), 5, Sch. (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words substituted by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64, SIF 123), s. 81, Sch. 12 para. 28(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 8A inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 para. 28"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 9 substituted (1.12.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 9 para. 6; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 3 (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 9A repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. VI (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 10 repealed by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 83(5), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 12 omitted (22.3.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of British Shipbuilders) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/687), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 13 repealed by British Steel Act 1988 (c. 35, SIF 70), s. 16(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 16 para. 14 substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9 para. 25(2) (with ss. 40(7), 66); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 16 repealed by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 203(3), Sch. 21 (with ss. 4(6), 87(6), Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 17 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 17A inserted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 61(6)(a), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F28",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 16 para. 18 inserted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 5(3) (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F29",
      "text": "Word repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17 paras. 33, 35(1), Sch. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F30",
      "text": "Word repealed by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44), s. 67(4), Sch. 9 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F31",
      "text": "Words substituted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 61(6)(b), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1981 c. 64 (123:3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 extended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 15Sch. 16 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2), Sch. 13 para. 25(a) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Para. 5B amended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 4(5)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/65/schedule/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:43.750996+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}