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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2015/2",
  "legislation_title": "Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Meaning of “public body”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part and Part 3 of this Act, each of the following persons is a “public body”—\n(a) the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) a local authority;\n(ba) a corporate joint committee;\n(c) a Local Health Board;\n(d) the following NHS Trusts—\n(i) Public Health Wales;\n(ii) Velindre;\n(iii) Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust;\n(da) the following special health authorities established under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006—\n(i) Digital Health and Care Wales;\n(ii) Health Education and Improvement Wales;\n(e) a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;\n(f) a Welsh fire and rescue authority;\n(g) the Natural Resources Body for Wales;\n(h) the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research;\n(i) the Arts Council of Wales;\n(j) the Sports Council for Wales;\n(k) the National Library of Wales;\n(l) the National Museum of Wales.\n(m) Social Care Wales;\n(n) Welsh Revenue Authority;\n(o) Transport for Wales (company number 09476013);\n(p) Centre for Digital Public Services Limited (company number 09341679);\n(q) Qualifications Wales.\n(2) Section 52 enables the Welsh Ministers to amend the meaning of a “public body”.\n(3) Chapter 1 of Part 4 provides for persons who are listed as public bodies in subsection (1) (as well as certain other persons who exercise functions of a public nature) to be either members, invited participants or other partners of the public services boards established under that Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6(1)(ba) inserted (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1360), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 6(1)(d)(iii) inserted (30.6.2024) by The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/775), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 6(1)(da) inserted (30.6.2024) by The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/775), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1)(h) substituted (1.8.2024) by Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1), s. 148(2), Sch. 4 para. 32(2) (with s. 19); S.I. 2024/806, art. 10(1) (with arts. 10(2), 28)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 6(1)(m)-(q) inserted (30.6.2024) by The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/775), regs. 1(2), 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 16.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1785, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2025/4",
      "affecting_title": "Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/4",
      "affecting_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/2/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:21.647547+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}