In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears ¾

}Committee~ means a committee that is declared, or is by section 14 taken to have been declared, to be an approved quality improvement committee under section 7(1);

}governing body~ means the person or body (by whatever name called) having the general direction and control of, and overall responsibility for, the operations of ¾

(a) a health service; or

(b) an association, society, college, faculty or other body of professionals who provide a health service;

}health service~ means ¾

(a) any medical, hospital, ambulance, paramedical, dental, pharmaceutical, mental health, nursing home, palliative care, community health or environmental health service;

(b) any service relating to or associated with the provision of a service referred to in paragraph (a); or

(c) any other service relating to or associated with the maintenance or improvement of the health, or the restoration to health, of persons or the prevention of disease in or injury to persons.