SupplementaryE+W

• F1...

• “local authority” means a county council in England, a district council in England or a London borough council;

• “local government area” means a county in England, a district in England or a London borough;

• [F2“the Local Government Boundary Commission” means the Local Government Boundary Commission for England;]

• “principal authority” has the meaning given by section 1;

• “public body” includes—

  (a)

  a local authority;

  (b)

  a police authority;

  (c)

  a residuary body established under section 17;

  (d)

  a joint board, or joint committee, on which a local authority is represented;

  (e)

  a levying body within the meaning of section 74(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41);

  (f)

  [F3an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

  (g)

  a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;]

  (h)

  [F4a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.]

• “single-tier” has the meaning given by subsection (2);

• “staff” includes officers and employees;

• “two-tier” has the meaning given by subsection (2);

• “Type A”, “Type B”, “Type C” and “combined”, in relation to a proposal, have the meanings given by section 2.

(2)For the purposes of this Chapter an area is—

(a)“single-tier” if there is a single tier of local government for it (within the meaning of section 1) or it is a London borough; and

(b)“two-tier” if it is—

(i)a district for which there is a district council and in relation to which a county council has the functions of a county council; or

(ii)a county for which there is a county council and in which there are districts all of which have district councils.

(3)Any reference in this Chapter to a proposal “in response to” an invitation or direction under section 2 is to a Type A, Type B, Type C or combined proposal which—

(a)is in response to such an invitation or direction; and

(b)is in accordance with the invitation or direction and section 3(4).

(4)Any reference in this Chapter, however framed, to a body affected by an order includes a body—

(a)whose area or functions are affected by the order;

(b)which is to cease to exist in pursuance of the order; or

(c)which is established by or in consequence of the order.