The appointment of a Judge as a presidential member, or service
by a Judge as a presidential member, whether the appointment was or is made or
the service occurred or occurs before or after the commencement of this
section, does not affect, and shall be deemed never to have affected, his or
her tenure of office as a Judge or his or her rank, title, status, precedence,
salary, annual or other allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder
of his or her office as a Judge and, for all purposes, his or her service,
whether before or after the commencement of this section, as a presidential
member shall be taken to have been, or to be, service as the holder of his or
her office as a Judge.