Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT (No. 1) 1982 No. 26, 1982 - SECT 10

10. Section 8 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Term of appointment



"8. (1) Subject to this Part -

   (a)  a presidential member who is a Judge, or a Deputy President who was
        appointed as a full-time member, holds office until he attains the age
        of 70 years;

   (b)  a senior member who was appointed as a full-time member holds office
        until he attains the age of 65 years; and

   (c)  a Deputy President who was appointed as a part-time member, or a
        non-presidential member (other than such a member to whom paragraph
        (b) applies), holds office for such period, not exceeding 7 years, as
        is specified in the instrument of his appointment but is eligible for
        re-appointment.



"(2) Where a member who is a Judge ceases to be a Judge, he ceases to hold
office as a member.



"(3) A person who has attained the age of 70 years shall not be appointed or
re-appointed as a full-time member to an office of Deputy President.



"(4) A Judge who has attained the age of 70 years shall not be appointed or
re-appointed as a member.



"(5) A person who has attained the age of 65 years shall not be appointed or
re-appointed as a full-time member to an office of senior member or to an
office of member, and a person shall not be appointed or re-appointed as a
full-time member to an office of member for a period that extends beyond the
date on which he will attain the age of 65 years.



"(6) Subject to this Part, a member holds office on such terms and conditions
as are prescribed.".