# Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, Section 16: Complaints about holders of judicial office


(1) The Lord Chief Justice must prepare a code of practice relating to the handling of complaints against any person who holds a protected judicial office.
(2) The code must include provision for any complaints appearing to the Lord Chief Justice—
(a) to involve a serious allegation of misbehaviour or inability to perform the functions of an office, and
(b) to have a reasonable prospect of being substantiated,
to be referred to a tribunal for it to provide advice about any steps which should be taken to deal with the complaint.
(3) The Lord Chief Justice may from time to time prepare a new code or make alterations to a code.
(4) The Lord Chief Justice must publish each code prepared by him and any alterations which he makes to a code (or the code as altered).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/section-16
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