Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 414

414 Effect of appointment as president

(1) The appointment of, or service by, a Supreme Court judge as president does not affect—

(a) the judge’s tenure of office as a judge; or

(b) the judge’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances, or other rights or privileges as the holder of the office of a judge.

(2) The president may perform the functions of office of both president and a Supreme Court judge.

(3) The Supreme Court judge’s service as president is taken to be service as a Supreme Court judge for all purposes.

(4) The appointment of, or service by, a Supreme Court judge as president does not entitle the judge to any salary or allowance in addition to the judge’s salary or allowance as the holder of the office of a judge.

(5) However, the Supreme Court judge is entitled to be paid expenses reasonably incurred by the judge in performing the functions of the office of president.

(6) This section applies despite any other Act.