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252: Exercise by Authority of powers of Tribunal after 31 January 2001
or “The Authority can finish up old cases and do other jobs that the Tribunal used to do after it closed down.”
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“People who were already judges keep their jobs under the new law”

If you were the Chief Judge of the Employment Court before 2 October 2000, you automatically became the Chief Judge of the Employment Court under the new law on that day. You didn’t need to be appointed again.

If you were a Judge (but not an acting Judge) of the Employment Court before 2 October 2000, you automatically became a Judge of the Employment Court under the new law on that day. You didn’t need to be appointed again either.

These changes happened when the new law replaced the old Employment Contracts Act 1991.

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Transitional provisions

253Existing appointments

  1. The person who immediately before 2 October 2000 holds office as the Chief Judge of the Employment Court constituted by the Employment Contracts Act 1991 is, without further appointment, deemed as from the commencement of that day to have been duly appointed as the Chief Judge of the Employment Court under this Act.

  2. The persons who immediately before 2 October 2000 hold office as Judges (other than acting Judges) of the Employment Court constituted under the Employment Contracts Act 1991 are, without further appointment, deemed as from the commencement of that day to have been appointed as Judges of the Employment Court constituted under this Act.

Notes
  • Section 253(2): amended, on , by section 15 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2016 (2016 No 62).