Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976 - SECT 53

  (1)   A person shall not be appointed as a Commissioner unless he or she is or has been a Judge.

  (3)   The appointment of a Judge as a Commissioner and the Judge's service as a Commissioner does not affect:

  (a)   his or her tenure of judicial office; or

  (b)   the Judge's rank, title, status, precedence, salary or annual allowances or other judicial privileges as the holder of that judicial office.

  (3A)   For all purposes, the Judge's service as a Commissioner is taken to be service as the holder of his or her judicial office.

  (4)   In this section, Judge means:

  (a)   a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia; or

  (b)   a Judge, additional Judge, or acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.