PART 6HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

110Meaning of “public body”

(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)

F1the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research;

(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—

“Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c.42);

“Welsh fire and rescue authority” (“awdurdod tân ac achub yng Nghymru”) means an authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c.21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.