Article 3 Amendment of the 2007 Order

In article 1(2), omit “and” at the end of paragraph (f) and at the end insert—

“(h)

a county or county borough council in Wales;

(i)

a fire and rescue authority in Wales (not being a county or county borough council); and

(j)

a port health authority in Wales (not being a county or county borough council);

• “local authority in Scotland” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994^f1;

• “local authority in Northern Ireland” means a district council constituted under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972^f2;

• “private sector bodies” means bodies or persons other than the following bodies or persons—

  1. (a)

     any Minister of the Crown, Government department or other emanation of the Crown;

  2. (b)

     any local authority;

  3. (c)

     the Greater London Authority;

  4. (d)

     any body corporate whose members are appointed by a Minister of the Crown, a Government department, a local authority, the Greater London Authority, or by a body corporate whose members are so appointed;

  5. (e)

     a company—

     1. (i)

        a majority of whose issued shares are held by or on behalf of any of the bodies or persons falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above;

     2. (ii)

        in which the majority of the voting rights are held by or on behalf of any of those bodies or persons;

     3. (iii)

        a majority of whose board of directors can be appointed or removed by any of those bodies or persons; or

     4. (iv)

        in which the majority of the voting rights are controlled by any of those bodies or persons, pursuant to an agreement with other persons;

  6. (f)

     a subsidiary of a company falling within paragraph (e) above;

• “third sector bodies” means any organisations that exist wholly or mainly to provide benefits for society or the environment.”