Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

110Meaning of “public body”

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(1)For the purposes of sections 108 and 109, each of the following persons is a “public body”—

(a)the Welsh Ministers;

(b)a local authority;

(c)a Local Health Board;

(d)the following National Health Service Trusts—

(i)Public Health Wales;

(ii)Velindre;

(e)a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;

(f)a Welsh fire and rescue authority;

(g)the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(h)the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;

(i)the Arts Council of Wales;

(j)the Sports Council for Wales;

(k)the National Library of Wales;

(l)the National Museum of Wales.

(2)Regulations may amend subsection (1) by—

(a)adding a person,

(b)removing a person, or

(c)amending a reference to a person.

(3)But the regulations may not amend subsection (1) by adding a person unless that person exercises functions of a public nature.

(4)If the regulations amend subsection (1) so as to add a person who has functions of a public nature and other functions, sections 108 and 109 apply to that person only in relation to those of its functions which are of a public nature.

(5)In this section—