# Localism Act 2011, Section 8: Interpretation of Chapter


(1) In this Chapter—
“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;
“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—
(a)a county council in England,
(b)a district council,
(c)a London borough council,
(d)the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority,
(e)the Council of the Isles of Scilly, or
(f)an eligible parish council;
“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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/20/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011/section-8
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