Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975

32 Interpretation of Part II

(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 Commissioner " means the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland;

• " person aggrieved " means the person who claims or is alleged to have sustained any such injustice as is mentioned in section 24(1) of this Act;

• " the Parliamentary Commissioner " means the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration;

• " the designated body " means the body designated under section 22 of this Act;

• " tribunal " includes the person constituting a tribunal consisting of one person.

(2) It is hereby declared that nothing in this Part of this Act authorises or requires the Commissioner to question the merits of a decision taken without maladministration by an authority in the exercise of a discretion vested in that authority.