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Corrections Act 2004

Transitional provisions - Appointments

229: Certain Visiting Justices cease to hold office

You could also call this:

"Some Visiting Justices automatically lose their job and don't get paid for it"

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If you are a Visiting Justice who is not a Judge, you stop holding that office when this section starts. You will not get any money for losing your job as a Visiting Justice. This means you cannot claim compensation for stopping work as a Visiting Justice when this section begins.

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Part 3Transitional provisions
Appointments

229Certain Visiting Justices cease to hold office

  1. Every person (other than a Judge) who, immediately before the commencement of this section, holds office as a Visiting Justice ceases to hold that office on the commencement of this section.

  2. No person is entitled to compensation for loss of office as a Visiting Justice under subsection (1).