Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) After section 14(5)(aba) of the County Court Act 1958 insert —
"(abb) if any judge under this Act was immediately prior to the judge's appointment Solicitor-General that person's service as Solicitor-General shall count as service in the office of judge under this Act;".
(2) In section 14(5)(ac)(ii) of the County Court Act 1958 after "other than a" insert "Local Court,".
(3) In section 14(5)(ad)(ii) of the County Court Act 1958 for "than the" substitute "than a Local Court,".
(4) After section 14(6) of the County Court Act 1958 insert —
"(6A) Without limiting subsection (6), for the purposes of subsections (5) and (6), if a judge under this Act who held a recognised service office immediately prior to the judge's appointment had also held another one or more recognised service offices immediately prior to, or successively prior to, that person's appointment to the last recognised service office held by that person, then that person's service in that other recognised service office or those other recognised service offices counts as service in the last recognised service office held by that person.
(6B) For the purposes of this section—
"recognised service office" means an office specified in subsection (5) or (6) as counting as service in the office of judge under this Act.".