Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) -

(i) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of "civil servant":

"‘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;

‘exempt agency’ means -

(a) an entity specified in the Second Schedule,

(b) an element of a reviewable agency that is excluded from review by -

(i) Part II of the First Schedule, or

(ii) an order under section 1A or 4(10);".

(ii) in the definition of "local authority", by deleting "Local Government Act, 1941" and substituting "Local Government Act 2001", and

(iii) by substituting the following definitions for the definition of "the Minister":

"‘Minister’ means the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform;