# Legal Complaints and Regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 15: Complainants


(1) A complainant (“C”) is within this section if C—
(a) meets the first and second conditions; and
(b) is not excluded by subsection (4).
(2) The first condition is that C is—
(a) an individual; or
(b) a person (other than an individual) or body of a description prescribed by order made by the Department in accordance with a recommendation made under section 16.
(3) The second condition is that—
(a) the services to which the complaint relates were provided by the respondent to C;
(b) the services to which the complaint relates were provided by the respondent to a solicitor who procured them on C's behalf; or
(c) C satisfies such other conditions, in relation to the services to which the complaint relates, as may be prescribed by order made by the Department in accordance with a recommendation made under section 16.
(4) C is excluded if, at the time when the act or omission to which the complaint relates took place—
(a) C was a solicitor and the services to which the complaint relates were procured by C on behalf of another person; or
(b) C was a person or body of a description prescribed by order made by the Department in accordance with a recommendation made under section 16.
(5) An order made under this section is subject to negative resolution.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/14/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-complaints-and-regulation-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-15
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