111Appointment of associate Judges and acting associate Judges

#### 111 Appointment of associate Judges and acting associate Judges 111 Appointment of associate Judges and acting associate Judges > > (1) The Governor may appoint one or more associate Judges. > > > (2) The Governor may appoint one or more acting associate Judges. > > > (3) Each person so appointed is to be a person who— > > > > > (a) holds or has held a judicial office of this State or of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, or > > > > > (b) is an Australian lawyer of at least 5 years’ standing. > > > (4) (Repealed) > > > (5) A registrar may, if qualified in accordance with subsections (3) and (4), be appointed an acting associate Judge and, if so appointed, may retain his or her office as registrar. > > > (6) A retired associate Judge may be appointed under subsection (2) as an acting associate Judge even though the retired associate Judge has reached the mandatory judicial retirement age (or will have reached that age before the appointment expires), but may not be so appointed for any period that extends beyond the day on which he or she reaches the age of 78 years. > > **s 111:** Am 1988 No 10, Sch 1 (2); 1989 No 169, Sch 8; 1990 No 56, Sch 1, Part 2; 1993 No 87, Sch 5; 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2002 No 7, Sch 1 \[2\]; 2005 No 31, Sch 13 \[12\]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.25 \[2\]; 2015 No 2, Sch 3.8 \[3\]; 2018 No 87, Sch 2.8 \[3\].