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200AA: Judge not to undertake other employment or hold other office
or “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.”
You could also call this:

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

The Chief Justice must create and make public a set of guidelines. These guidelines will explain what kinds of jobs and positions are okay for Judges to have while they are still Judges. The Chief Justice can only make these guidelines after talking to the Chief Judge about them.

You might wonder what kinds of jobs or positions a Judge could have. Well, the Chief Justice will decide what’s appropriate and write it down in these guidelines. This way, everyone knows what’s allowed and what’s not for Judges who want to do other things besides being a Judge.

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Next up: 200A: Judges act on full-time basis but may be authorised to act part-time

or “Judges usually work full-time, but can sometimes work part-time if the Attorney-General says it's okay.”
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Part 10 Institutions
Judges of the court

200ABProtocol relating to activities of Judges

  1. The Chief Justice must develop and publish a protocol containing guidance on—

  2. the employment, or types of employment, that he or she considers may be undertaken consistent with being a Judge; and
    1. the offices, or types of offices, that he or she considers may be held consistent with being a Judge.

      1. The Chief Justice may develop and publish a protocol under subsection (1) only after consultation with the Chief Judge.

      Notes
      • Section 200AB: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2016 (2016 No 62).