- Act
includes a private or local Act.
- applicable commencement day
means the day on which section 13 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 comes into force;
- appropriate person
means— (a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State, and (b) in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales;
- ballot
means a ballot held for the purposes of section 49(1) or 54(2).
- best value authority
means an authority or body which is a best value authority for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27);
- capital asset
has the meaning given by section 9;
- capital spending plan
means a capital spending plan under section 122 above.”
- CCA
means a combined county authority established under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
- chief finance officer
has the same meaning as in section 25.
- combined authority
means a combined authority established under Part 6 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;
- company
has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
- constituent council
means— (a) in relation to a combined authority— (a) a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the authority, or (b) a district council whose area is within the area of the authority;
- controlled reserve
means a financial reserve of a description specified for the purposes of this section by regulations made by the appropriate person.
- delegate
includes further delegate;
- discretion
includes power to make a determination or give a direction. 4 An order under this section may— a contain such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provisions (including provisions amending or repealing enactments), and such savings, as the appropriate person considers appropriate;
- eligible
has the meaning determined in accordance with regulations under subsection (7)(a);
- enactment
includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)).
- financial risk
has the same meaning as in section 12A;
- financial year
means a period of 12 months beginning with 1st April;
- functional body
has the same meaning as in the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
- highway functions
means functions exercisable by a constituent council (in whatever capacity) in relation to the highways for which it is the highway authority;
- independent expert
means a person— (a) who is independent of the local authority and the Secretary of State, and (b) who has relevant experience or knowledge which is relevant to the matter in question;
- intervening contract
means a contract with the authority for the provision, at times after they are provided under the contract with the first contractor and before they are to be provided under a contract with the subsequent contractor, of the services to be provided under the contract with the subsequent contractor.
- land
includes a wall or other part of a building.”
- local authority
means—
- local government area
has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).
- London joint committee
means a joint committee established under section 101(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 by— (a) all the London borough councils, and (b) the Common Council of the City of London.
- major precepting authority
has the meaning given by section 39(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.”
- Mayor
means Mayor of London.
- mayoral CCA
has the meaning given by section 27(8) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
- mayoral combined authority
has the meaning given by section 107A(8) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
- mayoral functions
has the meaning given by section 41(8) of that Act.
- minimum revenue provision
has the meaning given by regulation 27 of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting)(England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3146);
- Minister of the Crown
has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;
- non-mayoral CCA
means a CCA other than a mayoral CCA;
- non-mayoral combined authority
means a combined authority other than a mayoral combined authority;
- personal information
means information which relates to an individual (living or dead) who can be identified— (a) from that information, or (b) from that information and other information of the authority, and includes any expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of the intentions of any person in respect of the individual;
- police authority
means a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996. 84G 1 The National Assembly for Wales shall specify a determination under section 84F in a report, to be called a local government finance report. 2 A local government finance report shall also specify the basis on which the Assembly proposes to distribute among the receiving authorities to which the report relates the amount stated under section 84F(2)(b) or, as the case may be, section 84F(3)(b) or (4). 3 Before making a report under this section, the Assembly shall notify the general nature of the basis of distribution proposed to be specified in the report to such representatives of local gove
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations made— a in relation to England, by the Secretary of State, and b in relation to Wales, by the National Assembly for Wales.”
- qualifying local government body
means a body with local government functions which is specified for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations made by the appropriate person.
- relevant authority
means—
- relevant Welsh authority
means— (a) a county council or county borough council in Wales;
- semi-permanent skin-colouring
means the insertion of semi-permanent colouring into a person’s skin.”
- senior member of the Tribunal
means a person holding one of the senior offices of the Tribunal;
- senior offices of the Tribunal
means any of these offices— (a) President of the Tribunal;
- social security instrument
has the meaning given by section 13(10) above.”
- specified
means specified, or determined in a manner specified, in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
- the 1988 Act
means the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41).
- the appropriate person
means— a as respects England, the Secretary of State;
- transferring employee
means an employee of the authority whose contract of employment becomes, by virtue of the application of the TUPE regulations in relation to what is done for the purposes of carrying out the contract between the authority and the contractor, a contract of employment with someone other than the authority, and
- transferring original employee
means an original employee—
- trigger event
has the same meaning as in section 12A.
- vacant dwelling
means a dwelling in which no one lives and which is substantially unfurnished.”
- Welsh principal council
means a county council or county borough council in Wales.