# Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (repealed 1.3.1999), Section 25: Power to specify public authorities by order.

Extent: N.I.

(1) In this Part of this Act “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 of this Act.
(3) The Department shall not exercise the power conferred by this section so that a person becomes a public authority for any of the purposes of this Part of this Act unless the person is—
(a) a Minister of the Crown or the head of a Northern Ireland department,
(b) a body created by a statutory provision within the meaning of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 or the holder of any office so created, 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/ukpga/1989/32/section/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-northern-ireland-act-1989-repealed-131999/section-25
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