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.