Section 51: Meaning of “public authority and related terms”
147.Section 51 defines some of the terms used in this Part. A public authority is a local authority (as specified) or any other body or person which has any non-devolved public functions. A public authority with mixed functions is one which has both devolved and non-devolved functions; and the ‘appropriate national authority’, in relation to a public authority with mixed functions, is such of the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as are relevant, depending on the body’s devolved functions.
