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Employment Relations Act 2000

Institutions - Judges of the court

205: Age of retirement

You could also call this:

“Judges must stop working when they turn 70 years old.”

If you are a Judge of the court, you must stop working and retire when you turn 70 years old. This rule applies to all Judges of the court, and it means that once you reach your 70th birthday, you can’t keep working as a Judge anymore.

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Part 10 Institutions
Judges of the court

205Age of retirement

  1. Every Judge of the court must retire from office on attaining the age of 70 years.

Compare
  • 1991 No 22 s 113(6)
Notes
  • Section 205: amended, on , by section 4 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 2).