Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Judicial Conduct Panel Act 2004

Judicial Conduct Panel

23: Panel must be dissolved if member unable to continue

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"The Panel stops working if a member can't continue."

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If you are on a Judicial Conduct Panel and a member cannot continue, the chairperson must dissolve the Panel. They must tell the Attorney-General that the Panel is dissolved. The Attorney-General must then appoint a new Panel under section 21(1).

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22: Membership of Panel, or

"Who can be on the Judicial Conduct Panel"

24: Functions of Panel, or

"The Judicial Conduct Panel's job is to investigate judges' behaviour and report back."

23Panel must be dissolved if member unable to continue

If a member of a Judicial Conduct Panel is for any reason unable to continue as a member,—
the chairperson must dissolve the Panel and notify the Attorney-General of the dissolution; and
the Attorney-General must, under section 21(1), appoint a new Panel.