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200AB: Protocol relating to activities of Judges
or “Rules about what jobs judges can do outside of being a judge”
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“Judges usually work full-time, but can sometimes work part-time if the Attorney-General says it's okay.”

You usually work as a Judge of the court full-time. However, the Attorney-General can allow you to work part-time for a set period. This can happen when you start your job or at any time after that. It can also happen more than once.

If you want to work part-time, you need to ask for it. The Chief Judge also needs to agree. When deciding, the Chief Judge thinks about whether the court can still do its job well and quickly.

When your part-time period ends, you go back to working full-time. You can’t change how much you work during your job unless you agree to it. But you don’t need to agree if you’re going back to full-time work after a part-time period.

When counting the number of Judges, a full-time Judge counts as one person. A part-time Judge counts as part of a person, depending on how much they work.

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Part 10 Institutions
Judges of the court

200AJudges act on full-time basis but may be authorised to act part-time

  1. A person acts as a Judge of the court on a full-time basis unless he or she is authorised by the Attorney-General to act on a part-time basis.

  2. The Attorney-General may, in accordance with subsection (4), authorise a Judge appointed under section 200 to act on a part-time basis for any specified period.

  3. To avoid doubt, an authorisation under subsection (2) may take effect as from a Judge's appointment or at any other time, and may be given more than once in respect of the same Judge.

  4. The Attorney-General may authorise a Judge to act on a part-time basis only—

  5. on the request of the Judge; and
    1. with the concurrence of the Chief Judge.

      1. In considering whether to concur under subsection (4), the Chief Judge must have regard to the ability of the court to discharge its obligations in an orderly and expeditious way.

      2. A Judge who is authorised to act on a part-time basis must resume acting on a full-time basis at the end of the authorised part-time period.

      3. The basis on which a Judge acts must not be altered during the term of the Judge's appointment without the Judge's consent, but consent under this subsection is not necessary if the alteration is required by subsection (6).

      4. If any question arises as to the number of Judges of the court,—

      5. a Judge who is acting on a full-time basis counts as 1:
        1. a Judge who is acting on a part-time basis counts as an appropriate fraction of 1.

          Notes
          • Section 200A: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 43).