SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 - SECT 21
Retirement of judges
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 - SECT 21
Retirement of judges
21 Retirement of judges
(1) A judge must retire on reaching 70 years of age.
(2) Despite subsection
(1) —
(a) a judge who, before retiring, whether or not because of subsection
(1) , starts the hearing of a proceeding remains a judge for the purposes of
finishing the proceeding; and
(b) a retired Supreme Court judge appointed to
act as a judge under section 6(4) remains a judge until the judge’s
appointment ends.
