JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 5
The Commission
JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 5
The Commission
(1) There is constituted by this Act a commission to be called the "Judicial
Commission of New South Wales". (1A) The Commission is, by virtue of this
subsection, a corporation. (2) The Commission shall have and may exercise the
functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act. (3)
The Commission shall consist of 10 members, of whom-- (a) 6 are official
members, and (b) 4 are appointed members, who shall be appointed by the
Governor on the nomination of the Minister. (4) The official members are--
(a) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, (b) the President of the Court of
Appeal, (c) the Chief Commissioner of the Industrial Relations Commission ,
(d) the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court, (e) the Chief Judge of
the District Court, (f) the Chief Magistrate . (5) Of the appointed members--
(a) one shall be an Australian legal practitioner nominated following
consultation by the Minister with the President of the New South Wales Bar
Association and the President of the Law Society of New South Wales, and (b)
3 are to be persons nominated following consultation by the Minister with the
Chief Justice and who, in the opinion of the Minister, have high standing in
the community. (6) The Chief Justice is President of the Commission . (7)
Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the appointed members of the Commission .
(8) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the procedure of the Commission .
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