Part 7: Language Requirements for Public Sector Workers Section 78: Meaning of "public authority"
This section defines what is meant by a public authority for the purposes of this Part. The section excludes specified public authorities, and enables the Secretary of State or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ("the relevant Minister") to make regulations to modify the exclusions. Modifications may include adding a new body with public functions or removing an existing body.
	Subsection (3) to (7) clarify that for the purpose of Part 7 a ‘public authority’ in any of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is limited to a person who exercises ‘non-devolved’ functions