2Key definitionsS

In this Act—

“appointing person” means, in relation to the function of appointing a non-executive member of a public board, a person who has that function,
“excluded position”, in relation to a public authority, means a position mentioned in the second column of the table in schedule 1 which corresponds with the public authority mentioned in the first column,
“non-executive member”, in relation to a public authority, means a position on its public board—
(a)
that is not an excluded position,
(b)
that is not held by an employee of the authority,
“public authority” means an authority listed, or within a description listed, in the first column of the table in schedule 1,
“public board” means—
(a)
if the public authority is a company, the directors,
(b)
if the public authority has a statutory board or other equivalent statutory management body, that board or body,
(c)
in relation to any other public authority, the membership of the authority,
“woman” includes a person who has the protected characteristic of gender reassignment (within the meaning of section 7 of the Equality Act 2010) if, and only if, the person is living as a woman and is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of a process) for the purpose of becoming female.

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