Administration of Justice Act 1985

Lay observers

15 (1) Subsection (1) of section 45 of the 1974 Act shall apply in relation to a complaint about a recognised body or an officer or employee of such a body as it applies in relation to a complaint about a solicitor or an employee of a solicitor.

(2) Where it appears to a lay observer, in examining any such allegation as is mentioned in subsection (1) of that section—

(a) that there arises out of the complaint in respect of which the allegation has been made both—

(i) a question as to the conduct of a recognised body, being conduct capable, in his view, of forming the subject-matter of any such complaint as is mentioned in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of paragraph 16(1) of this Schedule ; and

(ii) a question as to the quality of any professional services provided by the body as a recognised body ; and

(b) that it would be appropriate for the latter question to be considered by the Tribunal with a view to determining whether to exercise in relation to the body any of the powers conferred on the Tribunal by paragraph 19 of this Schedule,

the lay observer may make an application to the Tribunal with respect to the body.