20—Amendment of section 3—Appointment of judicial auxiliaries
Section 3—after subsection (7) insert:
(8) For the purposes of this section, if in order to be eligible for appointment to a judicial office on a permanent basis a person must hold some other judicial office, the person is to be regarded as eligible for appointment to the judicial office on a permanent basis if he or she is eligible for appointment to the other judicial office on a permanent basis or would be so eligible but for the fact that he or she is over the age of retirement.
Example—
To be eligible for appointment as a Judge of the Youth Court on a permanent basis a person must hold office as a District Court Judge. For the purposes of this section, a person is to be regarded as eligible for appointment as a Judge of the Youth Court on a permanent basis if he or she is eligible for appointment as a District Court Judge on a permanent basis or would be so eligible but for the fact that he or she is over the age of retirement.