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Employment Relations Act 2000

Institutions - Judges of the court

202: Senior Judge to act as Chief Judge in certain circumstances

You could also call this:

“What happens when the Chief Judge is away or can't work: another judge takes their place.”

If you are looking at the Employment Relations Act 2000, you will see that it talks about what happens when the Chief Judge is not available. When the Chief Judge’s job is empty or they are away from New Zealand, the most senior Judge in New Zealand can do the Chief Judge’s job. They can do all the things the Chief Judge is allowed to do.

If the Chief Judge is sick or something else stops them from doing their job, but they are still in New Zealand, the Governor-General can ask the most senior Judge to do the Chief Judge’s job until they can do it again. The senior Judge can then do all the things the Chief Judge is allowed to do while the Chief Judge is not working. This is all part of the Employment Relations Act 2000.

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Part 10 Institutions
Judges of the court

202Senior Judge to act as Chief Judge in certain circumstances

  1. While any vacancy exists in the office of Chief Judge, or during any absence from New Zealand of the Chief Judge, the senior Judge of the court in New Zealand has authority to act as Chief Judge and to execute the duties of that office and to exercise all powers that may be lawfully exercised by the Chief Judge.

  2. Whenever by reason of illness or any cause other than absence from New Zealand the Chief Judge is prevented from exercising the duties of the office, the Governor-General may authorise the senior Judge of the court to act as Chief Judge until the Chief Judge resumes those duties, and during that period to execute the duties of that office and to exercise all powers that may be lawfully exercised by the Chief Judge.

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  • 1991 No 22 s 114