# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Section 97: Interpretation of Part VI.

Extent: S

(1) In this Part and in Schedule 14
“action” includes failure to act, and other expressions connoting action shall be construed accordingly;
“body subject to investigation” has the meaning assigned to it by section 93(1);
“the Commissioner” means the Health Service Commissioner for Scotland;
“person aggrieved” means a person who claims or is alleged to have sustained such injustice or hardship as is mentioned in section 93(2).
(2) It is hereby declared that nothing in this Part authorises or requires the Commissioner to question the merits of a decision taken without maladministration by a body subject to investigation in the exercise of a discretion vested in that body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/97 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-97
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