New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Conduct Division.
"Commission" means the Judicial Commission of New South Wales constituted by this Act.
"complaint" means a complaint under Part 6 about a judicial officer.
"Conduct Division" means the Conduct Division of the Commission.
"judicial officer" means:

(a) a Judge or associate Judge of the Supreme Court,

(b) a member (including a judicial member) of the Industrial Relations Commission,

(c) a Judge of the Land and Environment Court,

(d) a Judge of the District Court,

(e) the President of the Children’s Court,

(f) a Magistrate, or

(g) the President of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal.

"Magistrate" includes a Children’s Magistrate and an industrial magistrate.
"President" means the President of the Commission.
"regulations" means regulations under this Act.

(2) In this Act:

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

(3) In this Act, a reference to the Chief Justice or the holder of any other judicial office includes a reference to an Acting Chief Justice or a person duly exercising the functions of or appointed to act in that other office.

(3A) This Act extends to acting appointments to a judicial office, whether made with or without a specific term.

(4) In this Act, a reference to the Industrial Commission is a reference to the Industrial Commission of New South Wales.

(5) In this Act, a reference to the relevant head of jurisdiction is a reference to:

(a) the Chief Justice, in relation to a Judge or associate Judge of the Supreme Court,

(b) the President of the Industrial Relations Commission, in relation to a member of that Commission,

(c) the Chief Judge of another court, in relation to a Judge of the other court, or

(d) the Chief Magistrate, in relation to a Magistrate.

(6) In this Act, all references to the Governor are references to the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council.

(7) The Chairperson may be referred to as the Chairman or Chairwoman, as the case requires.