(1) A person who is not a lawyer or a conveyancing practitioner is to be appointed to be the Legal Complaints Review Officer.
(2) The Legal Complaints Review Officer is to be appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the New Zealand Law Society and the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers.
(3) No person is deemed to be appointed in the service of the Crown for the purposes of the State Sector Act 1988 or the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 by reason of the person's appointment as the Legal Complaints Review Officer.