Victorian Numbered Acts

COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COSTS COURT AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2008 (NO. 78 OF 2008) - SECT 23

    (1)     In section 73 of the Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008 after proposed section 143(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1986 insert —

    "(3)     Despite subsection (1), if the holder of an office referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (d) is, on the commencement of section 28 of the Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008 , acting in an office referred to in any of those paragraphs, the person continues, on and from that commencement, to hold that office on an acting basis until the expiry of the acting appointment.".

    (2)     In section 73 of the Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008 in proposed section 144(b) of the Supreme Court Act 1986 , after "office of that Master" insert "or, in the case of a former Master who held office as a Specialist Supreme Court Master referred to in the Judicial Salaries Act 2004 , the annual salary for the time being applicable to the office of Specialist Supreme Court Master under that Act, as the case requires".

    (3)     In section 82(3) of the Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008 in proposed section 6(3A)(c) of the Judicial Salaries Act 2004 —

        (a)     after "other than" insert "the";

        (b)     for "Specialist Master of the Supreme Court" substitute "Specialist Supreme Court Master".

    (4)     In section 82(3) of the Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008 after proposed section 6(3A) of the Judicial Salaries Act 2004 insert —

    "(3AB)     Despite the commencement of section 28 of the Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008 , for the purposes of sections 104A and 144 of the Supreme Court Act 1986 , a Specialist Supreme Court Master continues to be entitled, on and from that commencement, to be paid from time to time a salary at the annual rate that bears, in relation to the annual salary of a Supreme Court Judge, the same proportion as the annual salary of a Specialist Supreme Court Master bore to the annual salary of a Supreme Court Judge in the financial year 2004/2005.".

See:
Act No.
10096.
Reprint No. 9
as at
6 March 2007 and amending Act Nos 4/2008 and 30/2008.
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