New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SUPREME COURT ACT 1970 - SECT 31

31 Appointment

(1) The Governor may, by commission under the public seal of the State, appoint any Judge to be a Judge of Appeal.

(2) A Judge may be appointed to be a Judge of Appeal either at the time of his or her appointment as a Judge or at any time afterwards.

(3) A Judge of Appeal shall continue to be a Judge and may from time to time sit as or exercise any of the powers of a Judge.

(4) A Judge who, at the time of his or her appointment as Judge of Appeal, holds the office of Chief Judge in Equity shall continue to hold that office and may sit as or exercise any of the powers and functions of the Chief Judge in Equity.

(5) A Judge of Appeal shall hold office as a Judge of Appeal so long as he or she holds office as a Judge.

(6) With the approval of the Governor, a Judge of Appeal may resign his or her office as Judge of Appeal without resigning his or her office as a Judge.