Part 5Judicial Appointments and Removals: Northern Ireland
Chapter 1Appointments
Complaints and references
I1125Complaints: interpretation
After section 9A of the 2002 Act insert—
9BComplaints: 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.