- additional countryside functions
means functions other than those mentioned in paragraph 20 above, which, in the opinion of the council or councils concerned, or where the functions are ones which may be conferred by an order or determination of a Minister, of that Minister, relate to the countryside and are appropriate for reference to a board or committee concerned with matters relating to the countryside.
- address
means the individual's qualifying address for the purposes of the register of local government electors maintained under section 9(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 for the local government area (within the meaning of that Act) in which the community lies;
- Alternative style
means one of the following styles—
- application
means an application for a statutory trust discharge order;
- appropriate authority
means—
- appropriate national authority
means— (a) the Secretary of State, in relation to a city or town in England;
- appropriate parish authority
means—
- authenticated
means signed or otherwise authenticated in such manner as the proper officer thinks fit;
- authorised officer
has the same meaning as in section 237A.
- bank holiday break
means any bank holiday not included in the Christmas break or the Easter break and the period beginning with the last week day before that bank holiday and ending with the next week day which is not a bank holiday;
- cemetery
includes a burial ground or any other place for the interment of the dead (including any part of any such place set aside for the interment of a dead person’s ashes).
- Christmas break
means the period beginning with the last week day before Christmas Day and ending with the first week day after Christmas Day which is not a bank holiday;
- 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;
- commencement
means the coming into force of section 69 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026;
- Common Council
means the Common Council of the City;
- community application
means any application referred to in section 27B, 27D, 27F, 27H, 27J or 27L above.
- community governance poll
means a poll held on a proposal of a kind mentioned in section 27A, 27C, 27E, 27G, 27I or 27K.
- company
includes the Bank of England and any company or person keeping books in which any securities are registered or inscribed;
- confidential information
means— and, in either case, the reference to the obligation of confidence is to be construed accordingly.
- contingency planning
means the making, keeping under review and revising of plans and the carrying out of training associated with the plans.
- contributory place
means a rating district within the meaning of the General Rate Act 1967. ”.
- corporate joint committee
means a corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;
- councillor of a county
means, in relation to England, a non-metropolitan county only:;
- county
has the same meaning as in the Sheriffs Act 1887 and“Greater London” does not include the City or the Temples.
- county borough
includes a London borough” shall be omitted.
- county matter
has the meaning ascribed to it by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
- de-grouped parish
means—
- district
means, in relation to a public body other than a local authority, the area for which the public body acts;
- Easter break
means the period beginning with the Thursday before and ending with the Tuesday after Easter Day;
- economic prosperity board
means an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
- electoral area
means any area for which councillors are elected to any local authority;
- electoral enactment
means an enactment which relates to elections or referendums.
- eligible person
means a person whose name is on the roll of persons admitted to the freedom of the city or town concerned kept under section 248(2) above;
- employee
means a person employed under a contract of service;
- enactment
includes in particular— (a) a royal charter or other instrument made under the royal prerogative;
- exempt information
has the meaning given by section 100I above;
- financial assistance
means assistance by way of grant or loan or by entering into a guarantee to secure any money borrowed and, in relation to any financial assistance,—
- financial or business affairs
includes contemplated, as well as past or current, activities;
- financial year
means the period of twelve months ending with 31st March in any year;
- Fixed penalty receipts
means amounts paid to an authority in pursuance of notices under section 237A.
- information
includes an expression of opinion, any recommendations and any decision taken;
- integrated care board
means a body established under section 14Z25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, and “NHS trust” means a National Health Service trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006....
- joint authority
means an authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985;
- labour relations matter
means— (a) any of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 218(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (matters which may be the subject of a trade dispute, within the meaning of that Act);
- land
includes any interest in land and any easement or right in, to or over land;
- leader and cabinet executive (England)
has the same meaning as in Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000;
- leader and cabinet executive (Wales)
has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000;
- licensing authority
means— a in relation to the City of London, the Common Council;
- local area
means area in which the relevant land is situated;
- local authority
includes a corporate joint committee, a joint authority, 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, a police and crime commissioner and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.......
- local government area
means— (a) in relation to England, a county, Greater London, a district, a London borough or a parish;
- local government elector
means a person registered as a local government elector in the register of electors in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Acts;
- Local Health Board
means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006,“integrated care board” means a body established under section 14Z25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, and “NHS trust” means a National Health Service trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006....
- local newspaper
means a newspaper circulating in the local area.
- local statutory provision
means a provision of a local Act (including an Act confirming a provisional order) or a provision of a public general Act passed with respect only to the whole or part of an existing local government area or a provision of an instrument made under any such local or public general Act or of an instrument in the nature of a local enactment made under any other Act;
- long lease
means a lease which was granted for a term of 20 years or longer;
- mayoral fire and rescue authority
means— in its capacity as a fire and rescue authority by virtue of section 1(2)(f) or (g) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004.
- mayoral function
has the meaning given by section 107G(7) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.
- member of the authority
includes a member of a committee or sub-committee of the authority who is not a member of that authority.
- new publicity requirements
has the meaning given in section 128E(1);
- newspaper
includes—
- non-metropolitan county
means any county other than a metropolitan county, and the expression “non-metropolitan district” means any district other than a metropolitan district.
- non-metropolitan district
means any district other than a metropolitan district.
- normal retiring age
means— • “reckonable service”, in relation to any person, means service in respect of which benefits are payable under the relevant superannuation scheme;
- open space
has the meaning assigned to it by section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
- planning area
means a metropolitan district or a non-metropolitan county but, in relation to Wales, means a county or county borough.
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
- preserved county
means any county created by this Act as a county in Wales, as it stood immediately before the passing of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 but subject to any provision of the Act of 1994, or any provision made under this Act, redrawing its boundaries;
- previous advertisement procedure
means whichever of the following applied to the previous appropriation or disposal— (a) the requirement to advertise notice of the intention to make the appropriation in accordance with— (a) section 122(2A) in the case of an appropriation by a principal council;
- previous appropriation or disposal
has the meaning given in section 128D(4);
- principal area
means a non-metropolitan county, a district or a London borough but, in relation to Wales, means a county or county borough.;
- principal council
includes the Common Council and, until 1st April 1974, the council of an existing county, county borough or county district.
- public body
includes— (a) a local authority and a joint board on which, and a joint committee on which, a local authority or parish meeting are represented;
- public trust land
has the meaning assigned to it by section 122(6) above.
- publicity
means any communication, in whatever form, addressed to the public at large or to a section of the public;
- qualifying conditions
has the meaning given in section 128D(1);
- relevant authority
means—
- relevant council
means— (a) in relation to a city or town in England— (i) the district council in whose area the city or town is situated, or (ii) if the city or town is not in the area of a district council, the county council in whose area it is situated;
- relevant council or parish trustees
means— (a) in a case where a principal council undertook the previous appropriation or disposal, the principal council for the area where the relevant land is situated;
- relevant electoral arrangements
means—
- relevant land
means the land identified in the application for a statutory trust discharge order as the land relation to which the order is being sought;
- relevant notification requirements
means—
- relevant order
means—
- relevant police and crime commissioner
means a police and crime commissioner—
- relevant probation committee
means—
- relevant registration officer
means the registration officer under section 8 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 in relation to the register of local government electors maintained under section 9(1)(b) of that Act for the local government area (within the meaning of that Act) in which the community in question lies.
- relevant title
means—
- relevant year of election
means—
- reporting
means—
- Secretary of State
means the Secretary of State in relation to the exercise of functions under section 2A or 2B of, or paragraph 7C, 8 or 12 of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 2006,“Local Health Board” means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006,“integrated care board” means a body established under section 14Z25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, and “NHS trust” means a National Health Service trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006....
- securities
has the meaning given in section 98(1) above
- sewerage functions
means functions under any of the enactments mentioned in subsection (2) above;
- signature
means—
- statutory trust discharge order
has the meaning given in section 128A(1).
- statutory undertaking
means any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, water transport, canal, inland navigation, ferry, dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking, any telephone undertaking, any market undertaking or any undertaking for the supply of electricity, gas, hydraulic power,... or district heating.
- sub-national transport body
means a sub-national transport body established under section 102E of the Local Transport Act 2008;
- substantive change
has the meaning assigned to it by section 54(1)(e) above.
- the appropriate person
means—
- the area subject to the Welsh Church Act 1914
means the area in which the Church of England was disestablished by that Act.
- the authority
has the meaning given in paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 12A to this Act.
- the Broads
has the same meaning as in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988. • “Christmas break” means the period beginning with the last week day before Christmas Day and ending with the first week day after Christmas Day which is not a bank holiday;
- the City
means the City of London;
- the confirming authority
means the authority or person, if any, specified in the enactment (including any enactment in this Act) under which the byelaws are made, or in any enactment incorporated therein or applied thereby, as the authority or person by whom the byelaws are to be confirmed, or if no authority or person is so specified means the Secretary of State.
- the relevant council
means the council of the county or district in which is comprised the area for which charter trustees are established by any statutory instrument made under Part II of the Local Government 1992.;
- the Temples
means the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple;
- voluntary organisation
means a body which is not a public body but whose activities are carried on otherwise than for profit.
- Wales
means the combined area of the preserved counties and “England” does not include any area which is included in any of the preserved counties.