# The Prescribed Persons (Reports on Disclosures of Information) Regulations 2017, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“larger authority” means a person listed in Schedule 2 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 which is not a smaller authority;
“relevant prescribed person” means a person prescribed for the purposes of section 43F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 other than—
(a) a member of the House of Commons,
(b) a Minster of the Crown,
(c) a Welsh Minister,
(d) a Scottish Minister,
(e) the European Securities and Markets Authority, or
(f) an auditor appointed to audit smaller authorities;
“smaller authority” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014;
“workers’ disclosures” means disclosures of information made to a relevant prescribed person other than those which the relevant prescribed person has reason to believe—
(a) were not made by a worker; or
(b) were made by a worker on behalf of the worker’s employer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111154359/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prescribed-persons-reports-on-disclosures-of-information-regulations-2017/regulation-2
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