Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the president temporarily can not perform the functions of office.
(2) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, appoint the following persons to act as the president—
(a) if the president is a Supreme Court judge—a person who is a Supreme Court judge;
(b) if the president is a non-judicial appointee—the vice president or if the vice president temporarily can not perform the functions of the office, a presidential member who is a lawyer of at least 5 years standing.
(3) A person who has acted as president may attend sittings of the court for the purpose of giving a decision in, or otherwise completing, proceedings that were heard by the person while acting as president.
(4) The person's decision is taken to be the president's decision in the proceedings.
(5) The appointment of, or service by, a Supreme Court judge as acting president does not affect—
(a) the judge's tenure of office as a judge; or
(b) the judge's rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder of his or her office as a judge.
(6) The Supreme Court judge's service as acting president is taken to be service as a Supreme Court judge for all purposes.
(7) The appointment of, or service by, a Supreme Court judge as acting president does not entitle the judge to any salary or allowance in addition to the judge's salary or allowance as the holder of his or her office as a judge.
(8) However, the Supreme Court judge is entitled to be paid expenses reasonably incurred by the judge in performing the functions of the office of acting president.
(9) Subsections (5) to (8) apply despite any other Act.