District Court of Western Australia Act 1969

Subject to subsections (3) and (3a), there shall be paid to the District Court judges out of the Consolidated Account, without further appropriation than this Act, salaries at the following rates —

to the Chief Judge at the rate of $31 320 a year;

to each of the other District Court judges, at the rate of $29 150 a year,

District Court judges are entitled to such travelling and other allowances or reimbursements as the Governor may, from time to time, approve.

A District Court judge who, at the time of his appointment as such, held the office of chairman of the Third Party Claims Tribunal, established but subsequently abolished under the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943, shall be paid the same remuneration as is paid from time to time to a puisne judge of the Supreme Court, and shall not be paid a salary under subsection (1), but is for the purposes of section 14, deemed to be in receipt of a salary as a District Court judge payable to the District Court judge who holds the office of the Chief Judge.

There shall be paid out of the Consolidated Account by way of salary, without further appropriation than this Act, to an auxiliary District Court judge who is receiving a non‑contributory pension under the Judges’ Salaries and Pensions Act 1950 or any other Act, or under a law of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory, the difference between that pension and the salary payable under subsection (1)(b) to an auxiliary District Court judge, in lieu of the full amount of that salary.

A District Court judge who is appointed to act in the office of Chief Judge under section 18(2a) shall be entitled, for so long as his appointment to act as Chief Judge remains in force, to be remunerated and to receive other allowances and reimbursements as if he had been appointed substantively to the office of Chief Judge under section 10(4).