7Appointment of Judge as Inspector‑General not to affect tenure etc.

#### 7 Appointment of Judge as Inspector‑General not to affect tenure etc. (1) A person’s tenure as the holder of a judicial office and the person’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder of the judicial office are not affected by: (a) the appointment of the person as the Inspector‑General or to act as the Inspector‑General; or (b) service by the person as the Inspector‑General or while acting as Inspector‑General; and, for all purposes, the person’s service as Inspector‑General must be taken to be service as the holder of that judicial office. (2) In this section, judicial office means: (a) an office of judge of a court created by the Parliament; or (b) an office the holder of which has, by virtue of holding that office, the same status as a judge of a court created by the Parliament.