Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

JUDGES (LONG LEAVE PAYMENTS) ACT 1979 - SECT 3

                   In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Judge" means:

                     (a)  a Judge of a federal court (other than the High Court or the Federal Magistrates Court); or

                     (b)  a person who, by virtue of an Act, has the same status as a Judge of a court referred to in paragraph (a); or

                     (c)  a person who was a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory immediately before the commencement of the A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992 .

"judicial salary" , in relation to a Judge, means salary at a weekly rate equal to one fifty-second of the annual rate of salary that was payable to the Judge immediately before the Judge's retirement or death.

"retirement" , in relation to a Judge, means ceasing to be a Judge otherwise than by death (see also section 3A).