Appointment of Judge as Inspector‑General not to affect tenure etc
7 Appointment of Judge as Inspector‑General not to affect tenure etc
A person’s tenure as the holder of a judicial office and the person’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder of the judicial office are not affected by:
the appointment of the person as the Inspector‑General or to act as the Inspector‑General; or
service by the person as the Inspector‑General or while acting as Inspector‑General;
and, for all purposes, the person’s service as Inspector‑General must be taken to be service as the holder of that judicial office.
In this section, judicial office means:
an office of judge of a court created by the Parliament; or
an office the holder of which has, by virtue of holding that office, the same status as a judge of a court created by the Parliament.
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