Part 1The Judiciary
F2The Ombudsman
F19BComplaints: 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 or the Northern Ireland Court Service in connection with any of the following—
a
recommendation for or appointment to a listed judicial office;
b
appointment under section 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 as a Commissioner for the general purposes of the income tax for Northern Ireland.
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, by the maladministration complained of.
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)