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JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 3
Definitions
3 Definitions
(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise
indicates or requires--
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Conduct Division.
"Commission" means the Judicial Commission of New South Wales constituted by
this Act.
"complaint" means a complaint under Part 6 about a judicial officer.
"Conduct Division" means the Conduct Division of the Commission.
"judicial officer" means (except in Part 7A)-- (a) a Judge or associate Judge
of the Supreme Court,
(b) a member, including a judicial member, of the
Industrial Relations Commission,
(c) a Judge of the Land and Environment
Court,
(d) a Judge of the District Court,
(e) the President of the
Children's Court,
(f) a Magistrate, or
(h) the President of the Civil and
Administrative Tribunal.
"Magistrate" includes a Children's Magistrate and an industrial magistrate.
"President" means the President of the Commission.
"regulations" means regulations under this Act.
(2) In this Act-- (a) a
reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty,
and
(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the
function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
(3) In this
Act, a reference to the Chief Justice or the holder of any other judicial
office includes a reference to an Acting Chief Justice or a person duly
exercising the functions of or appointed to act in that other office.
(3A)
This Act extends to acting appointments to a judicial office, whether made
with or without a specific term.
(5) In this Act, a reference to the relevant
head of jurisdiction is a reference to-- (a) the Chief Justice, in relation to
a Judge or associate Judge of the Supreme Court,
(b) the President of the
Industrial Relations Commission, in relation to a member of that Commission,
(c) the Chief Judge of another court, in relation to a Judge of the other
court, or
(d) the Chief Magistrate, in relation to a Magistrate.
(6) In this
Act, all references to the Governor are references to the Governor with the
advice of the Executive Council.
(7) The Chairperson may be referred to as
the Chairman or Chairwoman, as the case requires.
(8) Notes included in this
Act do not form part of this Act.
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