# UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021, Section 42: Meaning of “public authority”


In this Chapter, “public authority” means a person exercising any function of a public nature that is not—
(a) a function of any of the following persons—
(i) Environmental Standards Scotland,
(ii) a court or tribunal,
(iii) the Scottish Parliament,
(iv) the Parliament of the United Kingdom,
(v) a Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975),
(vi) a body to which paragraph 3 (reserved bodies) of Part III of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, or
(b) a function in connection with proceedings in the Scottish Parliament or the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/4/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021/section-42
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