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Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
sec.21Retirement of judges
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### sec.21 Retirement of judges
A judge must retire on reaching 70 years of age.
Despite subsection (1) —
a judge who, before retiring, whether or not because of subsection (1) , starts the hearing of a proceeding remains a judge for the purposes of finishing the proceeding; and
a retired Supreme Court judge appointed to act as a judge under section 6 (4) remains a judge until the judge’s appointment ends.
s 21 amd 1997 No. 38 s 111
sub 2011 No. 45 s 181
amd 2013 No. 35 s 170
(sec.21-ssec.1) A judge must retire on reaching 70 years of age.
(sec.21-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) — a judge who, before retiring, whether or not because of subsection (1) , starts the hearing of a proceeding remains a judge for the purposes of finishing the proceeding; and a retired Supreme Court judge appointed to act as a judge under section 6 (4) remains a judge until the judge’s appointment ends.
- (a) a judge who, before retiring, whether or not because of subsection (1) , starts the hearing of a proceeding remains a judge for the purposes of finishing the proceeding; and
- (b) a retired Supreme Court judge appointed to act as a judge under section 6 (4) remains a judge until the judge’s appointment ends.