The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 No. 3162 (NI. 21)

PART VII DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS IN RESPECT OF THEIR WORKFORCES

Public authorities

Power to specify public authorities by order

50.—(1) In this Part “ public authority” means a person specified in an order made by the Department.

(2) The order may provide for a person to be a public authority for all or any of the purposes of this Part.

(3) The Department shall not exercise the power conferred by this Article so that a person becomes a public authority for any of the purposes of this Part unless the person is—

(a) a Minister of the Crown or a Northern Ireland Minister;

(b) a statutory body or the holder of a statutory office; or

(c) a person appearing to the Department to exercise functions of a public nature.