(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires -

"action" includes decision, failure to act and omission and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;

"civil servant" has the meaning assigned to it by the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956;

"eligible person" means - (a) a person other than a reviewable agency or an exempt agency, and (b) a person (being an individual who constitutes, or is a member, officer, employee or agent of, a reviewable agency or an exempt agency) in that person's private capacity;

"entity" means a person, body of persons, organisation or group, including, in particular, an organ of government, or an element of an organ of government, at national or local level;