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SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 - SECT 22 Accepting and holding other public offices

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 - SECT 22

Accepting and holding other public offices

22 Accepting and holding other public offices

(1) Subject to this section, a judge may accept and hold another public office.
(2) A judge who accepts another public office
(a) must immediately notify the Attorney-General in writing; and
(b) must immediately resign the other public office if the Governor in Council decides, after consultation between the Attorney-General and the Chief Justice, that the holding of that office, or the conditions on which it is held, would be inconsistent with the proper discharge of the office of a judge.
(3) A judge may receive remuneration in relation to the acceptance or holding of another public office only with the approval of the Governor in Council.
(4) In this section—


"public office" includes—
(a) an office or appointment granted or made by the Government of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory; and
(b) an office or appointment in or in relation to a university or other educational institution, a hospital or a charitable institution.