(1)  A permanent full-time magistrate is entitled to be paid a salary at the rate of –

(a) 75% of the salary payable to a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, if the magistrate is the Chief Magistrate; or

(b) 70% of that salary, if the magistrate is the Deputy Chief Magistrate; or

(c) 67·5% of that salary, in any other case.

(1AA)  Subsection (1) has effect subject to any proportional adjustment that may be temporarily required consequent on an agreement under section 4(1C) .

(1A)  A permanent part-time magistrate is entitled to be paid such salary as is specified in his or her instrument of appointment.

(1B)  A magistrate is entitled to be paid such travelling and other allowances as the Governor may from time to time determine or, if there is for the time being no such determination, such travelling and other allowances as are applicable to a person who is a Head of a State Service Agency.

(2)  A magistrate is an employee for the purposes of the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994 .

(3)  A magistrate is an employee for the purposes of the Public Sector Superannuation Reform Act 2016 .

(4)  A magistrate is a worker for the purposes of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011 .

(5)  A magistrate is entitled to such leave as may be prescribed for a State Service officer or State Service employee.

(6)  For the purposes of subsection (5) , the Chief Magistrate shall perform the same functions and exercise the same powers as a Head of a State Service Agency in respect of the magistrates.

(7)  The Chief Magistrate, Deputy Chief Magistrate and a magistrate are entitled to be paid out of the Public Account.

(8)  Any allowance payable to the Chief Magistrate, Deputy Chief Magistrate or a magistrate under this Act is to be paid out of the Public Account.

(9)  The Public Account is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of subsections (7) and (8) .