Section 4: Other descriptions of authority.

Housing Act 1985 · 1985 c. 68View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

In this Act—

"housing authority" means a local housing authority or a new town corporation;
"new town corporation" means a development corporation or the new towns residuary body;
"development corporation" means a development corporation established by an order made, or having effect as if made, under the New Towns Act 1981;
"urban development corporation" means an urban development corporation established under Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;
"local authority" means a county, county borough, district or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly , in sections 43, 44 and 232 includes the Broads Authority, in sections 438, 441, 442, 443 and 458 includes the Broads Authority , a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board, a combined authority, a combined county authority, a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 ... and the London Fire Commissioner, and in sections 45(2)(b), 50(2), 51(6), 80(1), 157(1), 171(2), . . ., 573(1), paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1, grounds 7 and 12 in Schedule 2, ground 5 in Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 5 and Schedule 16 includes . . . the Broads Authority, a police and crime commissioner Act 1996,. . . . . . . . . . . . , a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board, a combined authority , a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 , ... and the London Fire Commissioner;

In this section—

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

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

  • " economic prosperity board " means an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of that Act;

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