Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

110 Jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.E+W+N.I.

(1)In section 5 of the M1Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (matters subject to investigation), the following subsection shall be added at the end—

(6)For the purposes of this section, administrative functions exercisable by any person appointed by the Lord Chancellor as a member of the administrative staff of any court or tribunal shall be taken to be administrative functions of the Lord Chancellor’s Department or, in Northern Ireland, of the Northern Ireland Court Service.

(2)In Schedule 3 to that Act (matters not subject to investigation), the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 6—

6AAction taken by any person appointed by the Lord Chancellor as a member of the administrative staff of any court or tribunal, so far as that action is taken at the direction, or on the authority (whether express or implied), of any person acting in a judicial capacity or in his capacity as a member of the tribunal.

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