Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 6

             (1)  A Judge:

                     (a)  shall be appointed by the Governor‑General by commission; and

                     (b)  shall not be removed except by the Governor‑General, on an address from both Houses of the Parliament in the same session, praying for his or her removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity.

             (2)  A person shall not be appointed as a Judge unless he or she is or has been a Judge of a prescribed court or of a court of a State or has been enrolled as a legal practitioner of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory for not less than 5 years.

             (4)  A Judge may resign his or her office by writing under his or her hand delivered to the Governor‑General, and the resignation takes effect on the day on which it is received by the Governor‑General or on such later day as is specified in the writing.

             (5)  Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, a person may hold office at the one time as a Judge, other than the Chief Justice, of the Court and as a Judge of a prescribed court or of 2 or more prescribed courts.

             (6)  A Judge or former Judge is entitled to be styled "The Honourable".

             (7)  In this section:

"prescribed court" means:

                     (a)  a court (other than the Court) created by the Parliament; or

                     (b)  the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory; or

                     (c)  the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.