143Masters to become Associate Judges

143 Masters to become Associate Judges (1) On and from the commencement of section 28 of the **Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008**— (a) a person appointed to the office of Senior Master before that commencement and holding that office immediately before that commencement continues to hold office as an Associate Judge who is the Senior Master appointed under section 104(2)(a) as substituted by section 28 of that Act without further appointment; (b) a person appointed to the office of Registrar of the Court of Appeal before that commencement and holding that office immediately before that commencement continues to hold office as an Associate Judge who is the Registrar of the Court of Appeal appointed under section 104(2)(b) as substituted by section 28 of that Act without further appointment; (c) a person appointed to the office of Registrar of Criminal Appeals before that commencement and holding that office immediately before that commencement continues to hold office as an Associate Judge who is the Registrar of Criminal Appeals appointed under section 104(2)(b) as substituted by section 28 of that Act without further appointment; (d) a person appointed to the office of Taxing Master before that commencement and holding that office immediately before that commencement continues to hold office as an Associate Judge who is the Taxing Master appointed under section 104(2)(b) as substituted by section 28 of that Act without further appointment; (e) a person appointed to the office of Master before that commencement and holding that office immediately before that commencement continues to hold office as an Associate Judge appointed under section 104 as substituted by section 28 of that Act without further appointment. (2) Subsection (1) does not affect any salary, other remuneration, allowances or pension entitlements of any person referred to in that subsection. (3) Despite subsection (1), if the holder of an office referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (d) is, on the commencement of section 28 of the **Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008**, acting in an office referred to in any of those paragraphs, the person continues, on and from that commencement, to hold that office on an acting basis until the expiry of the acting appointment. S. 144 inserted by No. 24/2008 s. 73 (as amended by No. 78/2008 s. 23(2)).