Clause 24
Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill [Lords]
5:00 pm
Hywel Williams (Spokesperson (Culture; Education & Skills; Work & Pensions; Social Security; Health; Disability; International Development); Caernarfon, Plaid Cymru)
With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 37, in clause 24, page 14, line 17, at end insert
‘but, at the Commissioner's discretion, “older person” may also be interpreted to mean a person aged 50 or over where that person suffers from an age-related illness, impairment or disability or where the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so.'.