District Court Act 1973

If a Judge of the Compensation Court is appointed as a Judge of the District Court, the Judge is to have seniority, rank and precedence as a Judge of the District Court as if the date of his or her commission as a Judge of the District Court were the date of his or her commission as a Judge of the Compensation Court.

Service as a Judge of the Compensation Court is to be reckoned for all purposes as service as a Judge of the District Court in the case of a Judge who is appointed as a Judge of the District Court.

In this clause, a reference to a Judge of the Compensation Court is a reference to a person appointed as a Judge of the District Court by section 5 (1) (a) of the Compensation Court Repeal Act 2002.

Subclauses (1) and (2) re-enact (with minor modifications) section 8 (2) and (4) of the Compensation Court Repeal Act 2002 and are transferred provisions to which section 30A of the Interpretation Act 1987 applies.