The following are local authorities for the purposes of this Chapter—
a county council;
a county borough council;
a district council;
the Greater London Authority;
a London borough council;
the Common Council of the City of London, in its capacity as a local authority, police authority or port health authority;
the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
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an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) (waste disposal authorities);
a joint authority established by Part 4 of that Act (fire and rescue services and transport);
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an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;
a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;
a joint planning board constituted for an area in Wales outside a National Park by an order under section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8);
a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of that Act;
a police and crime commissioner.
In this Chapter—
"functional body" has the same meaning as in the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29);
"Minister of the Crown" has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26).