Article 50 Power to specify public authorities by order
(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.