Public Sector Bodies3
1
For the purposes of these Regulations each of the following is a public sector body—
a
a Minister of the Crown;
b
a government department;
c
the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons;
d
the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;
e
the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;
f
Scottish Ministers;
g
the Scottish Parliament;
h
the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;
i
the National Assembly for Wales Commission;
j
Welsh Ministers;
k
a local authority;
l
a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 M1 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
F1la
a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;
m
the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board;
n
a police and crime commissioner elected under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 M2;
o
a chief constable of a police force appointed under section 2 of that Act;
p
The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime established under section 3 of that Act;
q
the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis appointed under section 4 of that Act;
r
the Scottish Police Authority established under section 1 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 M3;
s
the Police Service of Scotland established under section 6 of that Act;
t
the Northern Ireland Policing Board;
u
an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 M4;
v
a joint authority established by Part IV of that Act;
w
any body established pursuant to an order under section 67 of that Act;
x
the Broads Authority;
y
any joint board the constituent members of which consist of any of the bodies specified in paragraphs (k) and (l), (n) to (s) and (u) to (x);
z
a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995 M5;
aa
a corporation established or a group of individuals appointed to act together for the specific purposes of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character, and—
i
financed wholly or mainly by another public sector body; or
ii
subject to management supervision by another public sector body; or
iii
more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, are appointed by another public sector body;
bb
an association of or formed by one or more public sector bodies;
cc
a community justice authority established under section 3 of the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 M6.
2
In the application of these Regulations to England, “local authority” means—
a
a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a parish council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
b
the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or police authority;
c
the Greater London Authority or a functional body within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 M7.
3
In the application of these Regulations to Wales, “local authority” means a county council, a county borough council or a community council.
4
In the application of these Regulations to Scotland, “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M8 and also includes a joint board or joint committee within the meaning of that section.
5
In the application of these Regulations to Northern Ireland, “local authority” means a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 M9.