Part 1The Judiciary

F3The Ombudsman

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S. 9A and preceding cross-heading inserted (25.9.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 124(2), 148; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 3(a)

9BF2Complaints: interpretation

1

This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

2

A Commission complaint is a complaint by a qualifying complainant of maladministration by the Commission or a committee of the Commission.

3

A departmental complaint is a complaint by a qualifying complainant of maladministration by the Lord Chancellor F4... in connection with any of the following—

a

recommendation for or appointment to a listed judicial office;

b

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4

A qualifying complainant is a complainant who claims to have been adversely affected, as an applicant for selection or as a person selected under this Part F5or paragraph 2A of Schedule 11 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998, by the maladministration complained of.