This section applies for the purposes of section 58.
"Local authority" means—
a county council in England;
a district council in England;
the Greater London Authority;
a London borough council;
the Common Council of the City of London;
the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
a parish council in England;
a county council in Wales;
a community council in Wales;
a county borough council in Wales;
a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;
a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
a community council in Scotland.
A Minister of the Crown may by order amend subsection (2) so as to add, vary or omit a reference to a body which exercises functions that have been conferred on a local authority within paragraph (a) to (l).
A reference to the carrying-out of official business by a person who is a member of a local authority is a reference to the doing of anything by the person—
as a member of the authority,
as a member of a body to which the person is appointed by, or appointed following nomination by, the authority or a group of bodies including the authority, or
as a member of any other public body.
"Member", in relation to the Greater London Authority, means—
the Mayor of London;
a member of the London Assembly.