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16 Interpretation.U.K.
(1)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—
“decision”, “procedural rules” and “working”, in relation to a tribunal, shall be construed subject to section 14,
[“Council” means the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council,]
[“enactment” includes an Act of the Scottish Parliament,]
“Minister” includes [the [Welsh Ministers] and] any Board presided over by a Minister,
[“Scottish Committee” means the Scottish Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council,]
“statutory inquiry” means—
(a)
an inquiry or hearing held or to be held in pursuance of a duty imposed by any statutory provision, or
(b)
an inquiry or hearing, or an inquiry or hearing of a class, designated for the purposes of this section by an order under subsection (2), and
“statutory provision” means a provision contained in, or having effect under, any enactment.
[“Welsh Committee” means the Welsh Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.]
(2)The Lord Chancellor . . . may by order designate for the purposes of this section any inquiry or hearing held or to be held in pursuance of a power conferred by any statutory provision specified or described in the order, or any class of such inquiries or hearings.
(3)References in this Act to members of tribunals include references to the person constituting a tribunal consisting of one person.
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