Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

110 Meaning 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) 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—

• “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.