New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY (ASSUMED IDENTITIES) ACT 1998 - SECT 8

8 Eligible Judges

(1) In this section and section 7:
"eligible Judge" means a Judge in relation to whom a consent under subsection (2) and a nomination under subsection (3) are in force.
"Judge" means a person who is a Judge of the Supreme Court.

(2) A Judge may, by instrument in writing, consent to being nominated by the Attorney General under subsection (3).

(3) The Attorney General may, by instrument in writing, nominate Judges in relation to whom consents are in force under subsection (2) to be eligible Judges for the purposes of section 7.

(4) An eligible Judge has, in relation to the exercise of a function conferred on an eligible Judge by section 7, the same protection and immunity as a Judge of the Supreme Court has in relation to proceedings in the Supreme Court.

(5) A Judge who has given consent under this section may, by instrument in writing, revoke the consent.

(6) The Attorney General may, by instrument in writing, amend or revoke a nomination under this section.