Section 59

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.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04