Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor by
commission under the Public Seal of the State may appoint one or more persons
each having the necessary qualification to be a master of the Supreme Court.
(2) The qualification
of a person for appointment as a master of the Supreme Court shall be that
he —
(a) is
or has been a lawyer and has had not less than 5 years’ legal
experience; or
(b) is a
lawyer , and who for a period of not less than 2 years has held office as
the Principal Registrar or the Court of Appeal Registrar or as a registrar or
deputy registrar of the Court.
(2a) For the purposes
of subsection (2)(a), legal experience is —
(a)
standing and practice as a legal practitioner;
(b)
judicial service elsewhere in a common law jurisdiction; or
(c) a
combination of both kinds of legal experience defined in this subsection.
(3) Subject to the
provisions of section 11B(4) and (5), a master of the Supreme Court shall
hold office during good behaviour but the Governor may, upon the address of
both Houses of Parliament, remove a master from office and revoke his
commission.
[Section 11A inserted by No. 67 of 1979
s. 6; amended by No. 47 of 1983 s. 3 and 13; No. 37 of
1989 s. 10; No. 25 of 1990 s. 3; No. 65 of 2003
s. 69(3)-(5); No. 45 of 2004 s. 11; No. 24 of 2005
s. 32; No. 21 of 2008 s. 709(5) and (6).]