Housing Act 1985

4 Other descriptions of authority.E+W

[F1(1)]In this Act—

(a)“housing authority” means a local housing authority [F2or a new town corporation];

(b)“new town corporation” means a development corporation or the [F3new towns residuary body];

(c)“development corporation” means a development corporation established by an order made, or having effect as if made, under the M1New Towns Act 1981;

(d)“urban development corporation” means an urban development corporation established under Part XVI of the M2Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(e)“local authority” means a county, [F4county borough,] district or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly [F5, in sections 43, 44 and 232 includes the Broads Authority][F6, in sections 438, 441, 442, 443 and 458 includes the Broads Authority [F7, a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board, a combined authority, [F8a combined county authority,] a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 F9...]] [F10and the London Fire Commissioner], and in sections 45(2)(b), 50(2), 51(6), 80(1), 157(1), 171(2), F11. . ., 573(1), paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1, grounds 7 and 12 in Schedule 2, ground 5 in Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 5 and Schedule 16 includes F12. . . [F13the Broads Authority][F6, a [F14police and crime commissioner] Act 1996,]. . . F15. . . F16. . . F12. . . [F17, a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, [F18an economic prosperity board, a combined authority [F19, a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004] ,] F9... ] [F10and the London Fire Commissioner];

[F20(f)“ housing action trust ” means a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988];

[F21(g) “ new towns residuary body ” means—

(i)in relation to England, the Homes and Communities Agency so far as exercising functions in relation to anything transferred (or to be transferred) to it as mentioned in section 52(1)(a) to (d) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008[F22or the Greater London Authority so far as exercising its new towns and urban development functions]; and

(ii)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers so far as exercising functions in relation to anything transferred (or to be transferred) to them as mentioned in section 36(1)(a) (i) to (iii) of the New Towns Act 1981.]

[F23(2)In this section—

• “ combined authority ” means a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

• [F24“combined county authority” means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;]

• “ economic prosperity board ” means an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of that Act;

• F25...]