"judicial office" means the office of any of the following--
(a) Chief
Justice, President of the Court of Appeal, Judge of Appeal, Judge, Associate
Judge or Master of the Supreme Court,
(b) Chief Judge, Deputy Chief Judge or
Judge of the Industrial Court or member of the Industrial Relations Commission
in Court Session,
(c) Chief Judge or Judge of the Land and Environment Court,
(d) Chief Judge or Judge of the District Court or President of the Children's
Court,
(e) Chief Judge or Judge of the Compensation Court,
(f) Chief
Magistrate, Deputy Chief Magistrate or Magistrate of the Local Courts; Chief
Magistrate, Deputy Chief Magistrate or Magistrate of the Local Court; Senior
Children's Magistrate or Children's Magistrate of the Children's Court; Chief
Industrial Magistrate or Industrial Magistrate; Chairman, Deputy Chairman or
Licensing Magistrate of the Licensing Court.
(2) For the purposes of this
Part--
(a) the Supreme Court, the Industrial Court and the Land and
Environment Court are taken to be courts of equivalent status, and are of
higher status than the courts referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c), and
(b)
the District Court and the Compensation Court are taken to be courts of
equivalent status, and are of higher status than the court referred to in
paragraph (c), and
(c) the holders of the judicial offices referred to in
paragraph (f) of the definition of
"judicial office" are taken to constitute one court, and
(d) the relative
status of any other court is to be as determined by legislation.
(3) This
Part extends to the removal or suspension of judicial officers after the
commencement of this Part because of matters arising before that commencement.
