local authority
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
local authority
▶noun Brit. an administrative body in local government.
'local authority' also found in these Oxford entries:
adopt
- allotment
- by-law
- care
- charge-cap
- closing order
- hospital trust
- MOH
- municipal bond
- opt
- palatine
- planning permission
- precept
- rate
- self-governing
- supervision order
- unadopted
- voluntary-aided
- voluntary-controlled
