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local authority — ➔ authority * * * local authority UK US noun [C] UK GOVERNMENT ► an official organization that is responsible for governing an area of the country: »Kathryn works as a population researcher for a local authority. local authority… … Financial and business terms
local authority — ♦♦♦ local authorities N COUNT A local authority is an organization that is officially responsible for all the public services and facilities in a particular area. [BRIT] (in AM, use local government) … English dictionary
local authority — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ an administrative body in local government … English terms dictionary
local authority — noun an administrative unit of local government • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑agency, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
local authority — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms local authority : singular local authority plural local authorities British in the UK, the organization in a particular area or city that is responsible for providing public services … English dictionary
local authority — noun (C) BrE the group of people elected or paid to be the government of a particular area, town, or city in Britain: The local authority are considering his grant application … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Local Authority Investigation Officers Group — (LAIOG) is an organisation involving Local Authority investigators, primarily those involved in the investigation of Housing and Council Tax Benefit fraud. LAIOG is recognised as a representative group in providing information and statistics to,… … Wikipedia
Local Authority Trading Enterprise — Local Authority Trading Enterprises (LATE) are organisations established in New Zealand under the Local Government Act 1974.The 1989 legislation assigned regional councils planning and funding responsibilities, but not the transport supplier… … Wikipedia
Local Authority Accommodation — has been provided in Ireland by the various County Councils and City Corporations along with Urban District Councils.In Dublin the most visible is the Ballymun Flats near Dublin Airport. Estates of houses have been built around the country at… … Wikipedia
local authority air pollution control — (abbr. LAAPC) Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) was introduced by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to cover prescribed processes. Those within Part A are potentially the most polluting processes and are under Environment Agency Control with … Law dictionary
