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Section 9B Complaints: interpretationF1F2

Northern Ireland

(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 F3... in connection with any of the following—

(a)

recommendation for or appointment to a listed judicial office;

(b)

F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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 F5or paragraph 2A of Schedule 11 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998, by the maladministration complained of.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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)

F2

S. 9B inserted (25.9.2006 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 125, 148; S.I. 2006/1537, art. 3(b)

F3

Words in s. 9B(3) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 3 para. 8(2) (with Sch. 5 para. 13); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2

F4

S. 9B(3)(b) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 330

F5

Words in s. 9B(4) inserted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 3 para. 8(3); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2