F1Part V

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F1

Ss. 106-120 (Pt. V) repealed (5.2.1994) by 1993 c. 46, ss. 20, 22(4), Sch. 3

120 Interpretation of Part V.

1

In this Part of this Act and in Schedule 13 to this Act—

  • action” includes failure to act, and other expressions connoting action shall be construed accordingly;

  • Commissioner” means the Health Service Commissioner for England or the Health Service Commissioner for Wales, and “Commissioners” means both those persons;

  • person aggrieved” means the person who claims or is alleged to have sustained such injustice or hardship as is mentioned in section 115 above; and

  • relevant body” has the meaning given by section 109 above, and (except where the context otherwise requires) includes a reference to an officer of the body.

2

Nothing in this Part of this Act authorises or requires a Commissioner to question the merits of a decision taken without maladministration by a relevant body in the exercise of a discretion vested in that body.