PART 2ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER 2ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

Interpretation of Chapter 2

42Meaning of “public authority”

In this Chapter, “public authority” means a person exercising any function of a public nature that is not—

(a)

a function of any of the following persons—

(i)

Environmental Standards Scotland,

(ii)

a court or tribunal,

(iii)

the Scottish Parliament,

(iv)

the Parliament of the United Kingdom,

(v)

a Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975),

(vi)

a body to which paragraph 3 (reserved bodies) of Part III of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, or

(b)

a function in connection with proceedings in the Scottish Parliament or the Parliament of the United Kingdom.