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200: Appointment of Judges
or “The Governor-General selects judges based on the Attorney-General's advice, and they must have special qualifications to be chosen.”

You could also call this:

“Judges can only have other jobs or roles if the Chief Judge says it's okay and it doesn't clash with being a judge.”

If you’re a Judge of the Employment Court, you can’t take on any other paid jobs or hold any other positions, even if they’re unpaid, without getting permission from the Chief Judge first. The Chief Judge will only say yes if they think the job or position fits with your role as a Judge. However, you don’t need to ask for permission if another law says a Judge must or can hold that position.

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Next up: 200AB: Protocol relating to activities of Judges

or “Rules about what jobs judges can do outside of being a judge”

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200AA: Judge not to undertake other employment or hold other office

Part 10 Institutions
Judges of the court

200AAJudge not to undertake other employment or hold other office

A Judge of the court must not undertake any other paid employment or hold any other office (whether paid or not) without the approval of the Chief Judge.
An approval under subsection (1) may be given only if the Chief Judge is satisfied that undertaking the employment or holding the office is consistent with the Judge's judicial office.
However, subsection (1) does not apply to another office if an enactment permits or requires the office to be held by a Judge.

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