Paragraph 8 Category A investors
United Kingdom
Those public authorities are—
any Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975);
any United Kingdom government department;
the Scottish Ministers;
any Northern Ireland department;
the Welsh Ministers;
any local authority or local authority association in the United Kingdom;
the Education Authority of Northern Ireland;
the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;
any health service body (within the meaning given by section 985 of CTA 2010);
any public authority who exercises public functions in connection with the coordination or provision of public transport for a region of the United Kingdom (for example, Transport for London or an executive for an integrated transport area, a combined authority area or a passenger transport area).
The Treasury may by regulations provide that any other public authority specified, or falling within a description specified, in the regulations is also a category A investor.