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PART5
Miscellaneous
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Designation of public service body
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42. (1) Subject to this section, the Minister may by order designate a body, whether created by or under any enactment or not, as a public service body for the purposes of this Act.
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(2) The Minister may make an order under subsection (1) where he or she is satisfied that some or all of the functions of the body concerned relate to—
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(a) increasing awareness and understanding of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, or
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(b) protecting or supporting victims and persons at risk of such violence.
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(3) The Minister shall not make an order under subsection (1) in respect of a body for which a Minister of the Government other than the Minister has responsibility and in whom functions, whether statutory or otherwise, in respect of the body are vested, other than with the consent of that Minister.
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