Mediation

14.  In Schedule 1 to the 1993 Act (the English Commissioner)(1), in paragraph 11, after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) The Health Service Commissioner for England may appoint and pay a mediator or other appropriate person to assist him in the conduct of an investigation under this Act..

(1)

Paragraph 11 repealed in part by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38), Schedule 10, paragraph 16 and Schedule 18, Part 1; amended by the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c.10), Schedule 6, paragraphs 27, 53.