New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW REFORM COMMISSION ACT 1967 - SECT 4

4 Appointment of holders of judicial office as commissioners

(1) The appointment of a person who is the holder of judicial office as a commissioner shall not, nor shall the person’s service as a commissioner, affect the person’s tenure of that office or the person’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary or other rights or privileges as a holder of that office.

(2) A person who is the holder of a judicial office may, notwithstanding that the person is a commissioner, exercise powers as a holder of that office, but while the person is a commissioner the person shall not (unless otherwise provided by the instrument of appointment as commissioner) be required to perform duties as a holder of that office.

(3) The service, as commissioner, of a holder of a judicial office shall, for all purposes, be taken to be service as a holder of that judicial office.