New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 5

5 The Commission

(1) There is constituted by this Act a commission to be called the “Judicial Commission of New South Wales”.

(1A) The Commission is, by virtue of this subsection, a corporation.

(2) The Commission shall have and may exercise the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.

(3) The Commission shall consist of 10 members, of whom:

(a) 6 are official members, and

(b) 4 are appointed members, who shall be appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Minister.

(4) The official members are:

(a) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,

(b) the President of the Court of Appeal,

(c) the President of the Industrial Relations Commission,

(d) the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court,

(e) the Chief Judge of the District Court,

(f) the Chief Magistrate.

(5) Of the appointed members:

(a) one shall be an Australian legal practitioner nominated following consultation by the Minister with the President of the New South Wales Bar Association and the President of the Law Society of New South Wales, and

(b) 3 are to be persons nominated following consultation by the Minister with the Chief Justice and who, in the opinion of the Minister, have high standing in the community.

(6) The Chief Justice is President of the Commission.

(7) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the appointed members of the Commission.

(8) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the procedure of the Commission.