South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
"Commissioner" means the Judicial Conduct Commissioner appointed under section 7
, or the person from time to time acting as the Judicial Conduct Commissioner;
"complainant" means a person who makes a complaint under section 12(1)
;
"complaint" means a complaint under section 12
about the conduct of a judicial officer and includes a referral by the Attorney-General under section 12(6)
, a referral by a jurisdictional head under section 12(7)
and a complaint initiated by the Commissioner under section 12(8)
;
"judicial conduct panel" means a judicial conduct panel appointed under Part 4
;
"judicial office" means—
(a) the office of Judge of the Supreme Court;
(b) the office of Master of the Supreme Court, District Court Judge or any other Judge;
(c) any other office involving the exercise of judicial functions that may only be occupied by a Judge or Master or by a person with other legal qualifications;
(d) the office of Magistrate;
(e) any other office involving the exercise of judicial functions that may only be occupied by a Magistrate or by a person with other legal qualifications;
(f) the office of special justice;
(g) any other office prescribed by the regulations,
(and the order of the above paragraphs indicates the level of seniority of the various offices, the inclusion of reference to more than 1 office in the same paragraph indicating the same level of seniority);
"judicial officer" means a person appointed to hold or act in a judicial office;
"jurisdictional head" has the same meaning as in Part 5A of the Courts Administration Act 1993
;
"relevant jurisdictional head", in relation to a judicial officer who is, or is to be, the subject of a complaint, means a jurisdictional head who has power to issue requirements to that judicial officer in accordance with Part 5A of the Courts Administration Act 1993
.
(2) A reference in this Act to "conduct of a judicial officer" includes any act or omission of such an officer—
(a) whether occurring in the course of carrying out functions as a judicial officer or not; and
(b) whether resulting from an illness or incapacity or not.