Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004

12 Local government bodies in Wales E+W

(1) In this Part “local government body in Wales” means any of these—

(a) a local authority in Wales;

(b) a committee of a local authority in Wales (including a joint committee of two or more local authorities in Wales);

[F1 (ba) a corporate joint committee;]

(c) a port health authority for a port health district wholly in Wales;

(d) a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;

(e) a conservation board established by order of the Assembly under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37);

(f) a [F2 police and crime commissioner] for a police area in Wales;

[F3 (fa) a chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 for a police area in Wales;]

(g) a fire and rescue 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;

(h) an internal drainage board for an internal drainage district wholly in Wales;

(i) a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) for an area in Wales;

[F4 (j) a Welsh probation trust (as defined by paragraph 13(6) of Schedule 1 to the Offender Management Act 2007).]

(2) The Assembly may by order amend subsection (1) by—

(a) adding a public body whose functions relate exclusively to Wales or an area of Wales;

(b) omitting a body;

(c) altering the description of a body.

(3) In subsection (2) “public body” means a body which—

(a) exercises functions of a public nature, or

(b) is entirely or substantially funded from public money.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 12(1)(ba) inserted (1.4.2021) by The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (Amendment) (Local Government Bodies in Wales) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/349), arts. 1(2), 2(2)

F2 Words in s. 12(1)(f) substituted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 337(a); S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)

F3 S. 12(1)(fa) inserted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 337(b); S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)

F4 S. 12(1)(j) inserted (1.3.2008) by Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21), ss. 5(6), 41(1), Sch. 1 para. 13(5)(a); S.I. 2008/504, art. 2(a)