Summary and Background Part 11: Supplementary Provisions Section 322: Interpretation
828.This section contains definitions of expressions used in the Act.
829.The term “public body” is not apt to include, and is not defined so as to include, Her Majesty, the Duchy of Lancaster or the Duchy of Cornwall. Similarly, in the definition of “public office holder”,  “person holding... an office under the Crown”  is not apt to include persons who are officers of Her Majesty in Her private capacity, officers of Her Household or officers of either the Duchy of Lancaster or the Duchy of Cornwall.