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.