Court of Appeal Act 2014
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Amendment of Human Rights Commission Act 2000 | ||
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60. The Human Rights Commission Act 2000 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 1(1), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “judicial office in the Superior Courts”: | ||
‘judicial office in the Superior Courts’ means the office of judge of the High Court, the office of judge of the Court of Appeal or the office of judge of the Supreme Court;”, | ||
(b) in section 5(6), by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (a): | ||
“(aa) in case on being so appointed he or she is the President of the Court of Appeal or an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal, then, for so long as he or she continues to hold the judicial office held by him or her on so being appointed, the number of ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal otherwise provided for under any enactment for the time being in force may be exceeded by one and, if the said person so appointed is a former President of the Court of Appeal, the proviso to paragraph (aa) of section 14 (1) of the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 shall apply to him or her in respect of his or her appointment as President of the Commission to the like extent as it applies to a former President of the Court of Appeal who is appointed to be a member of the Law Reform Commission, | ||
(ab) in case he or she is the President of the Court of Appeal, he or she may, for so long as he or she continues to be President of the Commission, from time to time appoint an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal to exercise on his or her behalf (and which judge is hereby empowered to exercise) all the jurisdiction exercisable by the President of the Court of Appeal under section 7B of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 ,”, | ||
(c) by the substitution of the following section for section 6: | ||
“6. Where the number of ordinary judges of the High Court, the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court falls to be determined for the purpose of any enactment which makes provision with respect to the number of such judges of the High Court, the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court, as the case may be, the operation, for the time being, of section 5(6) shall be taken account of in making that determination.”, | ||
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(d) in section 8, in paragraph (h), by the insertion of “, the Court of Appeal” after “the High Court” in each place where it occurs. |