50IAppointment of a judicial officer as Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson

50I Appointment of a judicial officer as Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson (1) The appointment of a judicial officer as the Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson does not affect— (a) the judicial officer's tenure of office or status as a judicial officer; or (b) the payment of the judicial officer's salary or allowances; or (c) any other rights or privileges that the judicial officer has as a judicial officer. (2) Service in the office of the Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson by a serving judicial officer must be taken for all purposes to be service in the office of a judicial officer. (3) Nothing in this Act prevents a judicial officer who is appointed as the Chairperson or a Deputy Chairperson from constituting the court or tribunal to which the judicial officer is appointed or assigned for the purposes of the exercise by the court or tribunal of any of its functions. S. 50J substituted by No. 37/2018 s. 14.