Abolition of Industrial Court and appointment of Judges as judicial members of new Commission
23 Abolition of Industrial Court and appointment of Judges as judicial members of new Commission
The Industrial Court of New South Wales established under the 1991 Act is abolished on the repeal of the 1991 Act.
On the repeal of the 1991 Act—
a person holding office as a Judge of the former Industrial Court (including the Chief Judge and the Deputy Chief Judge) immediately before that repeal is by this Act appointed as a member of the new Commission in Court Session (a judicial member of the new Commission), and
if any such person does not also hold office as a member of the former 1991 Act Commission, the person is by this Act appointed as a Deputy President of the new Commission, and
a person holding office as an Acting Judge of the former Industrial Court immediately before that repeal is by this Act appointed as an acting member of the new Commission in Court Session (an acting judicial member of the new Commission), and
if any such person does not also hold office as a member or acting member of the former 1991 Act Commission, the person is by this Act appointed as an acting member of the new Commission.
Any such person who was holding office for a specified term is taken to have been appointed to the new office for the balance of that term of office.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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