Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1996 No. 37, 1996 - SECT 10

(1) If a person who holds a judicial office is appointed as a member, the
appointment does not affect, and is taken never to have affected:

   (a)  the person's tenure of that office; or

   (b)  the person's rights or privileges as the holder of that office.

(2) If a person who holds a judicial office serves as a member, that service
does not affect, and is taken never to have affected:

   (a)  the person's tenure of that office; or

   (b)  the person's rights or privileges as the holder of that office.

(3) Any service as a member by the holder of a judicial office is taken for
all purposes to be, or to have been, service as the holder of that office.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a person's rights and privileges as the
holder of a judicial office are taken to include his or her rank, title,
status, precedence, salary and allowances, as the holder of that office.