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Employment Relations Act 2000

Institutions - Judges of the court

205: Age of retirement

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“Judges must retire from their job when they turn 70 years old.”

If you are a Judge of the court, you must retire from your job when you turn 70 years old. You have to stop working as a Judge at this age. This rule applies to every Judge of the court.

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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).