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- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (01/11/1996)
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(1)In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“action” includes failure to act, and other expressions connoting action shall be construed accordingly,
“the Commissions” means the Commission for Local Administration in England and the Commission for Local Administration in Wales,
“local authority” means a county council, . . . F1 a district council, [F2the Broads Authority][F3a Welsh county council, a county borough council], a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London, or the Council of the Isles of Scilly,
“member”, in relation to a joint board, includes a member of any of the constituent authorities of the joint board [F4and in relation to a National Park authority, includes a member of any of the councils by whom a local authority member of the authority is appointed],
“person aggrieved” means the person who claims or is alleged to have sustained any such injustice as is mentioned in section 26(1) above,
“Parliamentary Commissioner” means the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration,
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“tribunal” includes the person constituting a tribunal consisting of one person.
(2)Section 269 of the M1Local Government Act 1972 (which relates to the meaning of “England” and “Wales” in Acts passed after 1st April 1974) shall apply to this Part of this Act as if it had been passed after that date.
(3)It is hereby declared that nothing in this Part of this Act authorises or requires a Local Commissioner to question the merits of a decision taken without maladministration by an authority in the exercise of a discretion vested in that authority.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
F2Words inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), ss. 21, 23(2), 27(2), Sch. 6 para. 12
F3S. 34(1): words in definition of
“local authority”
inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 44 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F4S. 34(1): words in definition of
“member”
inserted with respect to the supplemental and incidental powers of a National Park authority (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 63(5), 125(2), Sch. 7 para. 18(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 23 para. 12)
F5Definition repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 34: ss. 26-34 modified by S.I. 1991/559, art. 2(3)
C2Ss. 31–34 modified by S.I. 1986/452, art. 8(3)
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