7 Meaning of “public authority” and “public body”
Data Protection Act 2018 (2018 c 12) | Legislation

7  Meaning of “public authority” and “public body”

(1)     For the purposes of the [UK GDPR], the following (and only the following) are “public authorities” and “public bodies”. . .—

(a)     a public authority as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000,

(b)     a Scottish public authority as defined by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13),

[(ba)     the Advanced Research and Invention Agency,] and

(c)     an authority or body specified or described

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