name: Cardiff Council
notes: Also known as City of Cardiff Council. 
  
  
  Cardiff Council has been designated the Licensing Authority for the whole of Wales under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014[1], under this designation Cardiff Council processes landlord registrations and grants licences to landlords and agents via a service it has branded "Rent Smart Wales". Requests for information held by "Rent Smart Wales" can be made to the council. [2] The UK has multiple tiers of local government and not all local authorities have responsibility for education. This public authority is one of around 200 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales which do have responsibilities for education.