Section 25 | Power to specify public authorities by order.

(1)In this Part of this Act “public authority” means a person specified in an order made by the Department.

(2)The order may provide for a person to be a public authority for all or any of the purposes of this Part of this Act.

(3)The Department shall not exercise the power conferred by this section so that a person becomes a public authority for any of the purposes of this Part of this Act unless the person is—

(a)a Minister of the Crown or the head of a Northern Ireland department,

(b)a body created by a statutory provision within the meaning of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 or the holder of any office so created, or

(c)a person appearing to the Department to exercise functions of a public nature.