Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

A.C.T. SELF-GOVERNMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1988 - SECT 29A

(1)

If a person held office as:

(a)

Chief Justice; or

(b)

Judge; or

(c)

additional Judge; or

(d)

Master;

of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory immediately before 1 July 1992, the person continues to hold that office on and after that day as if he or she had been appointed under the Supreme Court Act 1933 of the Territory.

(2)

If a person:

(a)

held office as Chief Justice or as a Judge (other than an additional Judge) of the Supreme Court immediately before 1 July 1992; and

(b)

continues to hold office on and after that day;

the person is to hold that office on terms and conditions (being terms and conditions determined under section 73 of the Self-Government Act or under any enactment) that are not less favourable than those applicable to a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.

(3)

For the purpose of determining the seniority or precedence of a Judge to whom subsection (2) applies under any enactment, the date on which that Judge's commission took effect is to be taken to be the date on which that Judge's commission took effect under the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933 as in force before 1 July 1992.