Section 8 Interpretation of Chapter

In this Chapter—

• F1“CCA” means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

• “combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

• F2“English National Park authority” means a National Park authority for a National Park in England;

• “the general power” means the power conferred by section 1(1);

• “local authority” means—

  1. a county council in England,

  2. a district council,

  3. a London borough council,

  4. the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority,

  5. the Council of the Isles of Scilly, or

  6. an eligible parish council;

• F3“mayor”, in relation to a mayoral combined authority or mayoral CCA, means the mayor for the area of that authority;

• “mayoral CCA” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 — see section 57 of that Act;

• “mayoral combined authority” has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 — see section 120 of that Act;

• “statutory provision” means a provision of an Act or of an instrument made under an Act.

A parish council is “eligible” for the purposes of this Chapter if the council meets the conditions prescribed by the Secretary of State by order for the purposes of this section.