Complaints: interpretation

After section 9A of the 2002 Act insert— Complaints: interpretation 9B 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.