South Australian Consolidated Acts

YOUTH COURT ACT 1993 - SECT 9

9—The Court's judiciary

        (1)         The Court's judiciary consists of—

            (a)         the Senior Judge of the Court; and

            (b)         the Judges of the Court; and

            (c)         the Magistrates of the Court; and

            (d)         the special justices of the Court.

        (2)         The Senior Judge is a District Court Judge designated by proclamation as the Senior Judge of the Court.

        (3)         The Judges of the Court are District Court Judges designated by proclamation as Judges of the Court.

        (4)         The Magistrates of the Court are Magistrates designated by proclamation as Magistrates of the Court.

        (5)         The special justices of the Court are special justices designated by proclamation as special justices of the Court.

        (6)         The designation of a person as a member of the Court's judiciary does not prevent the person from performing judicial functions unrelated to the Court.

        (7)         A proclamation designating a person as a member of the Court's judiciary must classify the person either as a member of the Court's principal judiciary (ie those members of its judiciary who are to be occupied predominantly in the Court) or as a member of the Court's ancillary judiciary (ie those members of its judiciary who are not occupied predominantly in the Court).

        (8)         A proclamation designating a person as a member of the Court's principal judiciary must, subject to subsection (9), state a term for which the person is to be a member of the Court's principal judiciary.

        (9)         A person cannot be a member of the Court's principal judiciary for a term exceeding 10 years, or a series of terms exceeding 10 years in aggregate.

        (10)         A proclamation under this section may, subject to this section, be varied or revoked by subsequent proclamation.