CONSTITUTION ACT 1975 - SECT 80C Additional Judges of Trial Division

CONSTITUTION ACT 1975 - SECT 80C

    (1)     If the Chief Justice, with the concurrence of the President of the Court of Appeal, determines that a Judge of Appeal should act as an additional Judge of the Trial Division for a period, not exceeding 6 months, the President must nominate a Judge of Appeal to act as a Judge of the Trial Division and, if that Judge is willing, the Judge may act as an additional Judge of the Trial Division for that period.

    (2)     If—

        (a)     the Chief Justice, with the concurrence of the President of the Court of Appeal, determines that it is expedient that a specified Judge of Appeal should act as an additional Judge of the Trial Division in a specified proceeding before the Trial Division; and

        (b)     the Judge of Appeal is willing to act as an additional Judge of the Trial Division in that proceeding—

the Judge may act as an additional Judge of the Trial Division for the purposes of the proceeding.

    (3)     A Judge of Appeal who, under this section, has acted as an additional Judge of the Trial Division may attend the Trial Division for the purposes of giving judgment in, or otherwise completing, any proceeding heard by the Trial Division while the Judge so acted, notwithstanding that the Judge is no longer an additional Judge of the Trial Division.

S. 80D inserted by No. 3/2005 s. 4, amended by Nos 24/2008 s. 7(a), 83/2008 s. 4, repealed by No. 5/2013 s. 10.

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S. 80E inserted by No. 3/2005 s. 4, repealed by No. 5/2013 s. 11.

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S. 81 amended by No. 109/1994 s. 14, repealed by No. 3/2005 s. 3, new s. 81 inserted by No. 5/2013 s. 12.