PART IITransfer of Airport Undertakings of Local Authorities
Preliminary
12Interpretation of Part II
1
In this Part—
" local authority "—
- a
in relation to England and Wales, means a local authority within the meaning of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 or the Common Council of the City of London; and
- b
in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in the [1973 c. 65.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 ; and
- a
" principal council "—
- a
in relation to England and Wales, means the council of a non-metropolitan county, of a district, or of a London borough; and
- b
in relation to Scotland, means a regional or islands council.
- a
2
References in this Part to—
a
a public airport company ;
b
the controlling authority of a public airport company;
c
a composite authority;
d
constituent councils of a composite authority ; or
e
an associated company,
shall be read in accordance with the relevant provisions of section 16.
3
For the purposes of this Part an airport shall be treated as controlled by a principal council or (as the case may be) by two or more principal councils jointly if it is for the time being owned—
a
by that council or jointly by those councils ; or
b
by a subsidiary of that council or those councils; or
c
by that council or those councils jointly with any such subsidiary.
4
Any reference in this Part, in relation to two or more principal councils, to a subsidiary of those councils shall be read as a reference to a body corporate which would, if those councils were a single body corporate, be a subsidiary of that body corporate.