# Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, Section 110: Meaning of “public body”


(1) For the purposes of sections 108 and 109, each of the following persons is a “public body”—
(a) the Welsh Ministers;
(b) a local authority;
(c) a Local Health Board;
(d) the following National Health Service Trusts—
(i) Public Health Wales;
(ii) Velindre;
(e) a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;
(f) a Welsh fire and rescue authority;
(g) the Natural Resources Body for Wales;
(h) the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research;
(i) the Arts Council of Wales;
(j) the Sports Council for Wales;
(k) the National Library of Wales;
(l) the National Museum of Wales.
(2) Regulations may amend subsection (1) by—
(a) adding a person,
(b) removing a person, or
(c) amending a reference to a person.
(3) But the regulations may not amend subsection (1) by adding a person unless that person exercises functions of a public nature.
(4) If the regulations amend subsection (1) so as to add a person who has functions of a public nature and other functions, sections 108 and 109 apply to that person only in relation to those of its functions which are of a public nature.
(5) In this section—
“Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c.42);
“Welsh fire and rescue authority” (“awdurdod tân ac achub yng Nghymru”) means an authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c.21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/2/section/110 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017/section-110
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