Section 2 Key definitionsI1

In this Act—

• “appointing person” means, in relation to the function of appointing a non-executive member of a public board, a person who has that function,

• “excluded position”, in relation to a public authority, means a position mentioned in the second column of the table in schedule 1 which corresponds with the public authority mentioned in the first column,

• “non-executive member”, in relation to a public authority, means a position on its public board—

  1. (a)

     that is not an excluded position,

  2. (b)

     that is not held by an employee of the authority,

• “public authority” means an authority listed, or within a description listed, in the first column of the table in schedule 1,

• “public board” means—

  1. (a)

     if the public authority is a company, the directors,

  2. (b)

     if the public authority has a statutory board or other equivalent statutory management body, that board or body,

  3. (c)

     in relation to any other public authority, the membership of the authority,

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