Western Australian Consolidated Acts

JUDGES' SALARIES AND PENSIONS ACT 1950 - SECT 15

15 .         Pensions not payable if judge practises as a barrister

        (1)         Subject to this section, if any person who may be entitled to or be in receipt of a pension by virtue of this Act shall practise as a barrister, solicitor or proctor in Western Australia, or in any other part of Her Majesty’s Dominions, his right to such pension shall be forfeited and the pension, if already granted, shall cease to be payable.

        (2)         The Governor may in writing exempt a person who is entitled to or in receipt of a pension by virtue of this Act from the application of subsection (1) in respect of any circumstances, matter or purpose specified in that exemption.

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to a person exempted under subsection (2) in respect of the circumstances, matter or purpose specified in that exemption.

        [Section 15 amended by No. 2 of 1960 s. 5; No. 12 of 1989 s. 8.]