(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or any Act that amends this Act.
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.
(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as--(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.
A person who, immediately before the commencement of the amendments to section 5 made by the Judicial Officers Amendment Act 1998 , held office as an appointed member of the Commission continues in office as if that member was appointed under that section as amended by that Act.
(1) Section 43A (Judicial office not affected by appointment to act in another judicial office) extends to apply to an appointment made before the commencement of that section, and applies to such an appointment as if that section had been in force when the appointment was made.
(2) An amendment made to a provision of an Act by the Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2002 extends to an appointment made or purporting to have been made under the provision before the commencement of the amendment, and applies to such an appointment as if the amendment had been in force when the appointment was made.
Part 6A, as inserted by the Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2006 , extends to impairments arising before the commencement of that Part.
In this Part--
"amending Act" means the Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2007 .
(1) Any complaint under Part 6 or formal request under Part 6A referred to the Conduct Division, and not finally dealt with before the commencement of the amending Act, may continue to be dealt with by the Division as constituted immediately before that commencement.
(2) The amendments made by the amending Act do not apply to a panel of the Conduct Division appointed after the commencement of the amending Act but before the first nomination by Parliament of a community representative for appointment to a panel.
Section 43I, as inserted by the Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2009 , extends to an appointment made before the commencement of that section, and applies to such an appointment as if that section had been in force when the appointment was made.
(1) Section 37A, as inserted by the Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2012 , extends to information relating to complaints made before the commencement of that Act.
(2) Section 37A (3), as inserted by that Act, extends to complaints that were referred to the Conduct Division before the commencement of that Act but that were not disposed of as at the commencement of that Act.
(1) The amendments made to section 44 by the Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018 changing the retirement age of judicial officers and Magistrates from 72 years of age to 75 years of age do not apply to a person (a
"current judicial officer" ) who held office as a judicial officer or Magistrate immediately before the commencement of those amendments unless the officer consents to the change applying to the officer as required by section 55 (2) of the Constitution Act 1902 .Note : The retirement age of 72 years will continue to apply to current judicial officers who do not consent to the new retirement age applying to them.
(2) A current judicial officer may communicate whether or not the officer consents to the change applying by--(a) for an officer who is a relevant head of jurisdiction--a written notice addressed to the Governor, or(b) for any other officer--written notices addressed to the Governor and the relevant head of jurisdiction in relation to the officer.
(3) Nothing in this clause prevents a current judicial officer from communicating whether or not the officer consents to the change applying in any other way permitted under section 55 (2) of the Constitution Act 1902 .