PART 2IMPROVING WELL-BEING

Sustainable development and well-being duty on public bodies

6Meaning of “public body”

(1)

For the purposes of this Part and Part 3 of this Act, 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 NHS 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)

Section 52 enables the Welsh Ministers to amend the meaning of a “public body”.

(3)

Chapter 1 of Part 4 provides for persons who are listed as public bodies in subsection (1) (as well as certain other persons who exercise functions of a public nature) to be either members, invited participants or other partners of the public services boards established under that Part.