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<p>The Bill applies to public authorities as defined in section 6 of the Human Rights
Act 1998.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This means that the Bill will only apply
to public authorities and not to individuals in their private capacities. When an
individual is acting on behalf of a public authority, they will not be held personally
liable for a breach of the ban. Only public authorities can breach the ban.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Cases where this definition may apply to a single individual will
be limited to where that individual is themselves a public authority. An example of
such a case would be a Secretary of State. In this example, the Secretary of State
would only be in scope of the Bill when acting as Secretary of State – and not when
acting in their personal capacity.</p><p> </p>
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