Non-Departmental Public Bodies Act Article 2

The term “non-departmental public bodies” in this Act shall refer to a public body incorporated under public law, other than a national or local autonomous body, which is established by the central competent authority to execute specific public affairs.The specific public affairs set forth in the preceding paragraph shall meet the following requirements:1.Public affairs that have professional needs or require improved cost effectiveness and operational efficiency;2.Public affairs that are not suitable to be promoted by either the government or the private sector;3.Public affairs that involve a lower degree of exercise of public power.Each non-departmental public body shall set up operations by prescribing its own organizational Act. But where public bodies have similar objectives or functions that can be grouped into the same category, a general Act to regulate their establishment may be enacted.