Part V
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.