# Health and Social Care Act 2008, Paragraph 3


(1) In this Schedule “public authority”—
(a) includes any person certain of whose functions are functions of a public nature, but
(b) does not include either House of Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in Parliament.
(2) Subject to paragraph 9(3), references in this Schedule to a public authority do not include a public authority outside the United Kingdom.
(3) In relation to a particular act, a person is not a public authority by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) if the nature of the act is private.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/14/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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