Part 7Appointment of Senior Counsel etc

Part 7—Appointment of Senior Counsel etc 91—Appointment of Senior Counsel (1) The Chief Justice may, on behalf of the Supreme Court and in accordance with the Rules of the Court, appoint any legal practitioner as a Senior Counsel. (2) The Chief Justice must ensure that notice of the appointment of a legal practitioner as a Senior Counsel is published in the Gazette as soon as practicable. 92—No further appointment of King's Counsel etc (1) Any prerogative right or power of the Crown to appoint a legal practitioner as a King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel is abrogated. (2) Nothing in this section affects the appointment of a legal practitioner as a King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel who was appointed before the commencement of this section. (3) No law or practice prevents a person who was a King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel immediately before the commencement of this section from continuing to be a King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel. 93—Revocation and resignation of appointments (1) The Chief Justice may, on behalf of the Supreme Court and in accordance with the Rules of the Court, revoke the appointment of any legal practitioner as a Senior Counsel or as a Queen's Counsel or King's Counsel. (2) A legal practitioner who has been appointed as a Senior Counsel, or as a Queen's Counsel or King's Counsel, may, by written notice to the Chief Justice, resign from that appointment. (3) The Chief Justice must ensure that notice of a revocation of, or resignation from, an appointment as a Senior Counsel, or as a Queen's Counsel or King's Counsel, is published in the Gazette as soon as practicable.