78BSeniority

78B Seniority (1) The President of the Court of Appeal is senior to all other Judges of the Court apart from the Chief Justice. (2) The Judges of Appeal have seniority after the President of the Court of Appeal and have seniority in relation to each other according to the dates of their commissions as Judges of Appeal. (3) The other Judges of the Court have seniority after the Judges of Appeal and have seniority in relation to each other according to the dates of their commissions as Judges of the Court. (4) If— (a) the commissions of 2 or more Judges of Appeal; or (b) the commissions of 2 or more other Judges of the Court— bear the same date, then, subject to this section, the Judges have seniority according to the seniority assigned by the commissions or, if there is no such assignment, according to the order of their being sworn. S. 78B(5) inserted by No. 5/2013 s. 7, amended by No. 63/2013 s. 5. (5) Despite subsections (2) and (3), the Chief Justice may determine the rank, status and precedence of any reserve Judge engaged under section 81B or reserve Associate Judge engaged under section 105D of the **Supreme Court Act 1986**. No. 6387 s. 9.