- appropriate national authority
means— (a) the Secretary of State, in relation to a city or town in England;
- area of competence
has the same meaning as in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (see section 2 of that Act);
- asset pool company
has the meaning given by section 1(9) of the Pension Schemes Act 2026;
- associate member
has the meaning given by section 104B(1);
- chief fire officer
means the person with responsibility for managing the fire and rescue service;
- collaboration request
means a request made under subsection (1);
- 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;
- community risk management plan
means a plan which— (a) is prepared and published by the combined authority in accordance with the Fire and Rescue National Framework, and (b) sets out for the period covered by the document in accordance with the requirements of the Framework— (a) the combined authority’s priorities and objectives, and (b) an assessment of all foreseeable fire and rescue related risks that could affect its community, in accordance with the combined authority’s fire and rescue functions;
- constituent council
means—
- deputy mayor
has the meaning given by section 107C(7);
- direct elections
means elections by local government electors (within the meaning of section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972).”
- economic prosperity board
means an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of that Act;
- elected mayor
means— (a) the mayor for the area of a combined authority, (b) the mayor for the area of a combined county authority, or (c) the Mayor of London;
- elected member of a legislature in the United Kingdom
means a member of— (a) the House of Commons;
- electoral area
has the meaning given by section 203(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983;
- electoral arrangements
has the meaning given in section 56(4) and (6);
- 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;
- eligible power
means a power of a county council or a unitary district council which the council has— (a) as highway authority by virtue of section 1 of the Highways Act 1980, or (b) as traffic authority by virtue of section 121A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
- emergency
has the meaning given in section 1 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (meaning of “emergency”);
- enactment
includes an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978;
- English police area
means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London) that is in England.
- EPB
has the meaning given by section 88(1);
- established mayoral strategic authority
means a mayoral combined authority designated by the Secretary of State under section 106B;
- excepted fire and rescue functions
means—
- excluded matter
means any matter with respect to which a crime and disorder committee could make a report or recommendations— a by virtue of subsection (1)(b) of section 19 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (local authority scrutiny crime and disorder matters), or b by virtue of subsection (3)(a) of that section. 4 In subsection (2) references to making reports or recommendations to a local authority include, in the case of a local authority operating executive arrangements under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000, making reports or recommendations to its executive. 5 Regulations under this section may in particular— a provide for arrangements to be made only in circumstances, or subject to conditions or limitations, specified in the regulations;
- executive arrangements
has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000;
- finance officer for fire functions
means a member of a chief constable's fire and rescue staff who— (a) is not a chief finance officer of the kind mentioned in subsection (6), and (b) is employed to carry out duties relating to the proper administration of financial affairs relating to the exercise of the chief constable's fire and rescue functions;
- finance officer for police functions
means a member of a chief constable's civilian staff within the meaning of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 who— (a) is not a chief finance officer of the kind mentioned in subsection (6), and (b) is employed to carry out duties relating to the proper administration of a police force's financial affairs.
- fire and rescue authority
means a fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004), or
- fire and rescue declaration
means a document which— (a) is prepared and published by the combined authority in accordance with the Fire and Rescue National Framework, and (b) contains a statement of the way in which the combined authority has had regard, in the period covered by the document, to the Framework and to any community risk management plan prepared by the combined authority for that period;
- fire and rescue enactment
means an enactment relating to a fire and rescue authority (including, in particular, an enactment relating to an employee of such an authority or property of such an authority).
- fire and rescue functions
means— (a) functions of a fire and rescue authority which the combined authority has by virtue of an order under section 105A, or (b) functions which the combined authority has as a fire and rescue authority by virtue of section 1(2)(f) or (g) of the FRSA 2004;
- fire and rescue functions of the combined authority
means—
- Fire and Rescue National Framework
means the document prepared by the Secretary of State under section 21 of the FRSA 2004;
- fire and rescue service
means the personnel, services and equipment secured for the purposes of carrying out the functions of a fire and rescue authority under— (a) section 6 of the FRSA 2004 (fire safety);
- first preference vote
means a mayoral vote to the extent that it is given so as to indicate a voter’s first preference from among the candidates to be the mayor;
- general functions
has the meaning given by section 107D(2);
- Health inequalities
means inequalities in respect of life expectancy or general state of health which are wholly or partly a result of differences in respect of general health determinants.
- health service function of a combined authority
means a function which—
- interim period
means the period beginning with the day on which this Act is passed and ending with the day immediately preceding the day on which section 55 comes into force.
- ITA
has the meaning given by section 104(1);
- joint waste authority
means an authority established for an area in England by an order under section 207 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.”
- key route network road
means a highway or proposed highway designated for the time being under this section as a key route network road;
- local authority
means—
- local government area
has the meaning given by section 88(7);
- Local Government Boundary Commission
means the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.”
- local government elector
has the meaning given by section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972;
- local government worker
has the meaning given by section 37 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;
- local partner
means a person specified, or of a description specified, in regulations made by the Secretary of State;
- local policing enactment
means an enactment relating to a police and crime commissioner.
- mayor A
means that mayor;
- mayor B
means that mayor.
- mayoral combined authority
has the meaning given by section 107A(8);
- mayoral vote
has the meaning given by paragraph 4(1) (as read with sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph).
- members
means the members of the constituent councils who are appointed to be members of the combined authority).
- Minister of the Crown
has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975;
- nominating body
means a body designated under section 104A(1);
- non-constituent member
has the meaning given by section 104A(3);
- non-mayoral combined authority
means a combined authority that is not a mayoral combined authority;
- non-unitary district council
means a district council for a district in a county for which there is a county council (and the “related county council”, in relation to a non-unitary district council, means that county council).”
- other local district council
means a district council— (a) whose area is within the area of a combined authority or combined county authority, but (b) which is not a constituent council;
- partner authority
has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of this Part except that it does not include a police authority or a chief officer of police. 8 Regulations under this section may not make provision of a kind mentioned in subsection (5)(c) with respect to information in respect of which provision may be made in exercise of the power conferred by section 20(5)(c) or (d) of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (guidance and regulations regarding crime and disorder matters). 9 Any local authority and any joint overview and scrutiny committee must, in exercising or deciding whether to exercise any function conferred on it by or under this section, have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State. 10 In this section— • “local authority” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000;
- payee
means the person to whom the payment is due;
- payer
means the person from whom the payment is due;
- payment due date
means the date provided for by the contract as the date on which the payment is due;
- Police and crime commissioner enactment
means—
- police and crime panel
means a panel established by virtue of an order under paragraph 4.
- post-commencement limitation
means a prohibition, restriction or other limitation imposed by a statutory provision that— (a) is contained in an Act passed after the end of the Session in which the Localism Act 2011 is passed, or (b) is contained in an instrument made under an Act and comes into force on or after the commencement of section 13(1) of that Act;
- pre-commencement limitation
means a prohibition, restriction or other limitation imposed by a statutory provision that— (a) is contained in an Act passed no later than the end of the Session in which the Localism Act 2011 is passed, or (b) is contained in an instrument made under an Act and comes into force before the commencement of section 13(1) of that Act;
- pre-commencement power
means power conferred by a statutory provision that— (a) is contained in an Act passed no later than the end of the Session in which the Localism Act 2011 is passed, or (b) is contained in an instrument made under an Act and comes into force before the commencement of section 13(1) of that Act;
- prescribed period
means— a such period as the parties may agree, or b in the absence of such agreement, the period provided by the Scheme for Construction Contracts. 8 Subsection (9) applies where in respect of a payment— a a notice complying with section 110A(2) has been given pursuant to and in accordance with a requirement of the contract (and no notice under subsection (3) is given), or b a notice under subsection (3) is given in accordance with this section, but on the matter being referred to adjudication the adjudicator decides that more than the sum specified in the notice should be paid. 9 In a case where this subsection applies, the decision of the adjudicator referred to in subs
- principal council
means—
- proposed area of an EPB
means an area of an EPB that may be created by an order under section 95 (changes to boundaries of an EPB's area).
- proposed highway
means land on which, in accordance with plans made by a highway authority, that authority are for the time being constructing or intending to construct a highway shown in the plans.
- public authority
means any public authority other than— (a) the Welsh Ministers;
- public funding
means funding from a Minister of the Crown or government department;
- qualifying citizen
means a person who is— (a) a qualifying Commonwealth citizen (within the meaning given by section 79 of the Local Government Act 1972), (b) a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, (c) a qualifying EU citizen (within the meaning given by section 203A of the Representation of the People Act 1983), or (d) an EU citizen with retained rights (within the meaning given by section 203B of that Act). • “relevant day” means— (a) if the election is preceded by the nomination of candidates, the day on which the person is nominated, and (b) if the election is not preceded by the nomination of candidates, the day of the election.
- qualifying election
has the same meaning as in section 107I.
- recommendations as to single-member electoral areas
means recommendations, for each electoral area in the area of a principal council, as to whether the electoral area should return one member of the council.
- registered political party
means a party registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
- regulated function
means the function of carrying out an activity to which a regulatory function relates;
- regulatory function
has the meaning given by section 32 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.
- 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 day
means— (a) if the election is preceded by the nomination of candidates, the day on which the person is nominated, and (b) if the election is not preceded by the nomination of candidates, the day of the election.
- relevant functions
means—
- relevant meeting
means the first meeting of the authority held after a qualifying election for the return of the mayor, provided that the election is at least the third qualifying election since the resolution mentioned in subsection (1) was passed.
- relevant order
means—
- relevant power
means a power—
- relevant public authority
means a public authority specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
- relevant remuneration panel
means a panel that is specified, or of a description specified, in an order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section;
- representative
means, in relation to interested persons or a description of interested person, a person who appears to an authority to which this section applies to be representative of the interested persons;
- scheme
has the meaning given by section 37 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;
- second preference vote
means a mayoral vote to the extent that it is given so as to indicate a voter’s second preference from among the candidates to be the mayor.
- shared local growth priorities
has the meaning given by section 107L(2)(b);
- social housing
has the meaning given by section 68 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17);
- specified person
means a person specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of the contract. 110B 1 This section applies in a case where, in relation to any payment provided for by a construction contract— a the contract requires the payer or a specified person to give the payee a notice complying with section 110A(2) not later than five days after the payment due date, but b notice is not given as so required. 2 Subject to subsection (4), the payee may give to the payer a notice complying with section 110A(3) at any time after the date on which the notice referred to in subsection (1)(a) was required by the contract to be given. 3 Where pursuant to subsection (2) the paye
- statutory plan or strategy
means a plan or strategy that a public authority is required by an enactment to issue or publish.
- statutory provision
means a provision of an Act or of an instrument made under an Act.
- statutory test
has the meaning given by section 110(6).
- street authority or permit authority power
means a power of a county council or a unitary district council which the council has— (a) as a street authority by virtue of section 49 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, or (b) under section 33 or 33A of the Traffic Management Act 2004 or under a permit scheme prepared under section 33 of that Act. 89ZB 1 If an authority (the “defaulting authority”) exercises any power in contravention of a direction under section 89ZA given by a combined authority (the “CA”), the CA may take such steps as it considers appropriate to reverse or modify the effect of the exercise of the power. 2 For the purposes of subsection (1), the CA has power to exer
- substitute member
means a person appointed to act as a member in the absence of another member.
- the 2000 Act
means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41);
- the 2011 Act
means the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
- the Commission
means the Local Government Boundary Commission for England;
- the proposed area
means the area for which the combined authority is proposed to be established.
- the relevant provisions about membership
means—
- unitary district council
means a district council whose area is not part of the area of a county council.
- voting member
means—