5FRights of State Service officer or employee appointed as Associate Judge

5F Rights of State Service officer or employee appointed as Associate Judge

[Section 5F Inserted by No. 92 of 1974, s. 3 ]**[Section 5F Amended by No. 10 of 1982, s. 8 ][Section 5F Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 5F Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 5F Subsection (2) omitted by No. 19 of 1995, s. 13 ][Section 5F Subsection (3) omitted by No. 19 of 1995, s. 13 ]**[Section 5F Subsection (4) omitted by No. 19 of 1995, s. 13 ][Section 5F Substituted by No. 55 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Mar 2008]

(1)  The Associate Judge is not, as regards that particular office, subject to the provisions of the State Service Act 2000 .

(2)  However, if a person appointed as Associate Judge was a State Service officer or State Service employee immediately before that appointment –

(a) the person retains all of his or her existing and accruing rights; and

(b) for the purposes of determining those rights, the person's service as Associate Judge is to be taken into account as if it were service as a State Service officer or State Service employee.