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Senior Courts Act 2016

Senior court Judges - Acting Judges

117: Term of appointment of acting Associate Judges

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"How long acting Associate Judges can work"

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You can be appointed as an acting Associate Judge for a certain time. This time cannot be longer than until you are 75 years old. It also cannot be longer than 2 years. When your time as an acting Associate Judge ends, you can be appointed again if you are under 75 years old. You can be appointed again under section 114 for one or more terms. You cannot be appointed again for a term that would make your total time longer than 5 years. This applies to all the times you have been appointed under section 114.

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Acting Judges

117Term of appointment of acting Associate Judges

  1. An appointment under section 114 must be for a specified term that—

  2. is not more than the time until the Associate Judge will reach the age of 75 years; and
    1. in any case, is not more than 2 years.

      1. When an acting Associate Judge's term of appointment ends, the acting Associate Judge, if under the age of 75 years, may at any time be reappointed under section 114 for a further 1 or more terms.

      2. However, an acting Associate Judge may not be reappointed under section 114 for a term that, when aggregated with all previous terms, exceeds 5 years.

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