17(1)Regulations may provide that where a relevant body within the meaning of section 34 of the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 is abolished by virtue of section 14 of that Act, any prescribed provisions of Part V of this Act and Schedule 13 to this Act shall apply, with or without prescribed modifications, in relation to a complaint which—
(a)was duly made to a Commissioner under Part V before the date of the abolition, or
(b)was made in accordance with the regulations within the period of one year beginning with that date, [F1or
(c)was made in accordance with regulations after that period where a commissioner considers it reasonable to conduct an investigation.]
(2)For so long as a Board of Governors of a teaching hospital is a preserved Board within the meaning of section 15(6) of the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973, that Board of Governors shall be treated as if it were a relevant body for the purposes of Part V of this Act by virtue of section 109 above.
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F1Words added by S.I. 1982/143, art. 2