Industrial Relations Act 2016

The Pensions Act, section 15 applies with necessary changes to a member of the court or commission in the way it applies to a judge.

For subsection (1), a reference in the Pensions Act, section 15—

to a judge may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to a member; and

to the prescribed authority is taken to be a reference to—

if the member is the president—the Chief Justice; or

otherwise—the president.

In working out a person’s length of service as a member for subsection (1), the following periods must be taken into account—

a period when the person has served as a member, whether under—

a first appointment as a member or a renewal of the appointment; or

a subsequent appointment;

a period when the person has served as an acting member.