Judicial Council Act 2019
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Casual vacancies in membership of Board | ||
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14. (1) Where an elected member of the Board dies, retires or resigns from judicial office, resigns from membership of the Board in accordance with subsection (7) of section 13 or ceases to be a member of the Board in accordance with subsection (8) of that section, the vacancy so occasioned shall be filled by a judge elected to be a member of the Board in the same manner as the member of the Board who occasioned the vacancy was elected. | ||
(2) Where a co-opted member of the Board dies, retires or resigns from judicial office, resigns from membership of the Board in accordance with subsection (7) of section 13 or ceases to be a member of the Board in accordance with subsection (8) of that section, the vacancy so occasioned shall be filled by a judge co-opted to be a member of the Board in the same manner as the member of the Board who occasioned the vacancy was co-opted and who is a judge of the court of which the member of the Board who occasioned the vacancy was a judge. | ||
(3) The term of office of an elected member of the Board elected in accordance with subsection (1) shall be for the unexpired period of the term of membership of the member of the Board whom he or she has replaced. | ||
(4) The term of office of a co-opted member of the Board co-opted in accordance with subsection (2) shall be for the unexpired period of the term of membership of the member of the Board whom he or she has replaced. | ||
(5) A term of membership of the Board of any duration resulting from an election in accordance with subsection (1) shall be regarded as a term of membership for the purposes of subsections (5) and (6) of section 13 . |