Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976 - SECT 53

             (1)  A person shall not be appointed as a Commissioner unless he or she is or has been a Judge.

             (3)  The appointment of a Judge as a Commissioner and the Judge's service as a Commissioner does not affect:

                     (a)  his or her tenure of judicial office; or

                     (b)  the Judge's rank, title, status, precedence, salary or annual allowances or other judicial privileges as the holder of that judicial office.

          (3A)  For all purposes, the Judge's service as a Commissioner is taken to be service as the holder of his or her judicial office.

             (4)  In this section, Judge means:

                     (a)  a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia; or

                     (b)  a Judge, additional Judge, or acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.