"prior judicial service" , in relation to a judge or retired judge, means:
(a)
service as a judge within the meaning of this Act, or
(b) service in an
office in a State, the Commonwealth or a Territory the holder of which may
qualify for a pension or retiring allowance under a law of the State,
Commonwealth or Territory relating to pensions or retiring allowances payable
to retiring judges, or
(c) service as chairman, acting chairman or additional
temporary chairman of the Crown Employees Appeal Board,
being a period of
service before his or her appointment as a judge (or, if appointed as a judge
on more than 1 previous occasion, before his or her last such appointment).
(2) Any prior judicial service by a judge shall be computed as portion of his
or her service as a judge in the judicial office which he or she held
immediately before his or her retirement or his or her death before
retirement, as the case may be.
(3) Any period during which a judge has
served as an additional Judge of Appeal, an acting judge of the Supreme Court
of New South Wales, an acting member of the Industrial Commission of New South
Wales, an Acting Judge of the Industrial Court, an acting judicial member of
the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales, an acting Judge of the
Land and Environment Court (under the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 ),
an acting judge of a District Court (under the District Courts Act 1912 ), or
an acting Judge of the District Court (under the District Court Act 1973 ),
or an acting member of the Workers' Compensation Commission (under the
Workers' Compensation Act 1926 as in force immediately before the commencement
of Schedule 6 (2) to the Workers' Compensation (Amendment) Act 1984 ) or an
acting Judge of the Compensation Court of New South Wales (under the
Compensation Court Act 1984 ) shall be deemed to be prior judicial service by
the judge for the purposes of this section.
