In this Chapter—

• “conduct” includes a failure to act;

• “local authority” means—

  1. a

     in relation to England, a district council, a county council for an area for which there is no district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

  2. b

     in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

• “owner”, in relation to premises, means—

  1. a

     a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the premises, whether in possession or in reversion;

  2. b

     a person who holds or is entitled to the rents and profits of the premises under a lease that (when granted) was for a term of not less then 3 years;

• “premises” includes any land.