New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 43D

43D Transfer of judicial officer of another jurisdiction to NSW court

(1) This section applies if a judicial exchange arrangement provides for the transfer to a NSW court of a judicial officer of a corresponding court.

(2) The senior judicial officer of the NSW court may, in accordance with the judicial exchange arrangement and with the concurrence of the senior judicial officer of the corresponding court, appoint a judicial officer of the corresponding court to act as a judicial officer of the NSW court.

(3) The judicial officer of the corresponding court is qualified for appointment despite any law of this jurisdiction to the contrary.

(4) The maximum term for which an appointment under this section may be made on any one occasion is 6 months.

(5) However, an appointment under this section may not extend beyond the retirement age for judicial officers of the NSW court.

(6) A judicial officer of a corresponding court may be appointed under this section to more than one NSW court.

(7) An appointment under this section may at any time be terminated, in accordance with the judicial exchange arrangement, by the senior judicial officer of either the NSW court or the corresponding court.

(8) A judicial officer whose appointment under this section has ceased may complete or otherwise continue to deal with any matters relating to proceedings in the NSW court that have been heard, or partly heard, by the judicial officer before the appointment under this section ceased.