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Senior Courts Act 2016

Senior court Judges - Part-time Judges

106: Attorney-General may authorise Judges to sit part-time

You could also call this:

"Judges can work part-time if the Attorney-General says it's okay."

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You can be a Judge or an Associate Judge and work part-time if you get permission from the Attorney-General. The Attorney-General can only give you this permission if certain other important people agree, like the President of the Court of Appeal or the Chief High Court Judge. This permission can start from the day you begin your job or from a different date that is specified. You can get permission to work part-time for a certain amount of time, and then you can go back to working full-time. You can even get permission to work part-time more than once. When the time is up, you will go back to working full-time. The Attorney-General's permission is important because it allows you to work part-time as a Judge or Associate Judge. You will still be a Judge or Associate Judge, but you will work fewer hours. This can be helpful if you need to work part-time for a while.

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Part 5Senior court Judges
Part-time Judges

106Attorney-General may authorise Judges to sit part-time

  1. Judges (other than Supreme Court Judges) and Associate Judges may seek the authorisation of the Attorney-General to sit part-time for a specified period.

  2. The Attorney-General may grant an authorisation sought by a Judge or an Associate Judge under subsection (1) only with the agreement of—

  3. the President of the Court of Appeal, if the Judge is a Court of Appeal Judge:
    1. the Chief High Court Judge, if—
      1. the Judge is a High Court Judge but not a Court of Appeal Judge; or
        1. the Judge is an Associate Judge.

        2. An authorisation may take effect from—

        3. the date the Judge or Associate Judge commences office; or
          1. any other date specified in the authorisation.

            1. A Judge or an Associate Judge may be authorised to sit part-time for a specified period on more than 1 occasion.

            2. A Judge or an Associate Judge authorised to sit part-time for a specified period resumes sitting on a full-time basis at the end of that period.

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