Section 26

Part 1 General; England and Wales

Local government

A county council or district council in England.

The Greater London Authority.

A London borough council.

The Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority.

The Council of the Isles of Scilly.

A county council or county borough council in Wales.

A person carrying out a function of an authority mentioned in section 1(2) of the Local Government Act 1999 by virtue of a direction made under section 15 of that Act.

Criminal justice

The governor of a prison in England and Wales (or, in the case of a contracted out prison, its director).

The governor of a young offender institution or secure training centre (or, in the case of a contracted out young offender institution or secure training centre, its director).

The principal of a secure college.

A provider of probation services within the meaning given by section 3(6) of the Offender Management Act 2007.

Education, child care etc

A person who is authorised by virtue of an order made under section 70 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 to exercise a function specified in Schedule 36A to the Education Act 1996.

A person with whom arrangements have been made for the provision of education under section 19 of the Education Act 1996 or section 100 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (cases of illness, exclusion etc).

The proprietor of -

(a) a school that has been approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996,