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Senior Courts Act 2016

Senior court Judges - Tenure of office

127: Tenure of Chief Justice

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"How the Chief Justice's job ends"

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You are the Chief Justice until one of these things happens: you resign from being Chief Justice, you resign from being a High Court Judge, you retire, or you are removed from the office of Chief Justice. The Chief Justice stops being in the job at the earliest of these events. This means the Chief Justice's time in the job ends when one of these things occurs.

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Part 5Senior court Judges
Tenure of office

127Tenure of Chief Justice

  1. The Chief Justice continues to hold the office of Chief Justice until the earliest of the following:

  2. the Chief Justice resigns from that office:
    1. the Chief Justice resigns from office as a High Court Judge:
      1. the Chief Justice retires:
        1. the Chief Justice is removed from that office.