# The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110798740/article/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-employment-and-treatment-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-50
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