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Section 99: Complaints: interpretation

Constitutional Reform Act 2005 · 2005 c. 4View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Judicial appointments and discipline — Chapter 2: Appointments

This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

A Commission complaint is a complaint by a qualifying complainant of maladministration by the Commission or a committee of the Commission.

A departmental complaint is a complaint by a qualifying complainant of maladministration by the Lord Chancellor or his department in connection with any of the following—

selection under this Part;
recommendation for or appointment to an office listed in Schedule 14.

An LCJ complaint is a complaint by a qualifying complainant of maladministration by the Lord Chief Justice or the Lord Chief Justice's nominee, or anyone acting on behalf of either of them, in connection with—

selection under this Part for an office listed in Table 2 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 14,
appointment to an office listed in Table 2 of Part 2 of that Schedule, or
selection under this Part for membership of a pool for requests under section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981,

or of maladministration by the Lord Chief Justice or the Master of the Rolls or the Lord Chief Justice's nominee, or anyone acting on behalf of any of them, in connection with the making of requests under section 9(1) of that Act.

An SPT complaint is a complaint by a qualifying complainant of maladministration by the Senior President of Tribunals or a person to whom the Senior President has delegated functions, or anyone acting on behalf of either of them, in connection with—

selection under this Part for an office listed in Table 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 14 or in Table 2 of Part 3 of that Schedule, or
appointment to an office listed in Table 2 of Part 3 of that Schedule.

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.

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