Judges (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979

No. 90, 1979

Compilation No. 6

Compilation date: 1 September 2021

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 13, 2021

Registered: 6 November 2021

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Judges (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 September 2021 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

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Contents

1 Short title 1

2 Commencement 1

3 Interpretation 1

3A Consecutive appointments 2

3B Service in more than one judicial office 2

4 Payment on retirement or death of Judge 2

5 Recipient of payment under section 4 4

6 Appropriation 5

7 Amount not payable on removal of Justice 5

Endnotes 6

Endnote 1—About the endnotes 6

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key 8

Endnote 3—Legislation history 9

Endnote 4—Amendment history 10

An Act to make provision for payments, in lieu of long leave, on the retirement or death of certain Judges (other than Justices of the High Court and Judges of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)) and persons having the status of Judges
1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Judges (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979.
2 Commencement

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Judge means:

 a

a Judge of a federal court (other than the High Court or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)); or

 b

a person who, by virtue of an Act, has the same status as a Judge of a court referred to in paragraph (a); or

 c

(c) a person who was a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory immediately before the commencement of the A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992.

judicial salary means salary at a weekly rate equal to one fifty-second of the annual rate of salary that was payable to the Judge immediately before the Judge’s retirement or death.

retirement means ceasing to be a Judge otherwise than by death (see also section 3A).
3A Consecutive appointments 1

If:

 a

a person’s appointment as a Judge terminates; and

 b

a new appointment of the person as a Judge takes effect immediately after the termination;

the person is taken, for the purposes of this Act, not to retire when the earlier appointment terminates.

 2

This section applies to the termination of an appointment however it occurs (whether because of resignation or because of the expiration of the term of the appointment or otherwise).
3B Service in more than one judicial office

To avoid doubt, a person may satisfy the definition of Judge at a particular time even if the person also holds, at the same time, an office as a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2).

Note: See paragraph (a) of the definition of Judge in section 3.
4 Payment on retirement or death of Judge 1

On:

 a

the retirement of a Judge after having completed at least 10 years’ service as a Judge; or

 b

the death of a Judge, whether or not he or she has completed 10 years’ service as a Judge;

an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2) is payable in accordance with this Act.

 2

The amount payable under subsection (1) in respect of a Judge is an amount equal to the judicial salary of the Judge for:

 a

a period of 52 weeks; or

 b

a period of weeks calculated at the rate of 5.2 weeks for each completed year of the Judge’s qualifying service;

whichever is the lesser period.

 2A

Where:

 a

a Judge (not being a Judge to whom subsection (1) applies) is to cease to hold office as a Judge upon attaining a particular age, and the Judge ceases to be a Judge upon attaining that age; and

 b

at the time of the Judge’s so ceasing, the period of his or her service as a Judge was not less than 6 years;

an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2C) is payable in accordance with this Act.

 2B

Where:

 a

a Judge (not being a Judge to whom subsection (1) applies) retires; and

 b

(b) the Attorney-General certifies under Judges’ Pensions Act 1968 that the retirement is due to permanent disability or infirmity;section 6 of the

an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2C) is payable in accordance with this Act.

 2C

The amount payable under subsection (2A) or (2B) in respect of a Judge is an amount equal to the judicial salary of the Judge for a period of weeks calculated at the rate of 5.2 weeks for each completed year of the Judge’s qualifying service.

 3

In this section:

qualifying service, in relation to a Judge, means the period of his or her service as a Judge, other than any period of such service in respect of which the Judge has taken long leave or has been paid in lieu of such leave.

service as a Judge, in relation to a Judge, means the period that is to be regarded, in relation to the Judge, as service as a Judge for the purposes of section 6 of the Judges’ Pensions Act 1968.
5 Recipient of payment under section 4 1

An amount payable under section 4 on the retirement of a Judge is payable to the Judge.

 2

An amount payable under section 4 on the death of a Judge is payable to:

 a

where the Judge leaves a surviving spouse or de facto partner—that surviving spouse or de facto partner;

 b

where the Judge does not leave a surviving spouse or de facto partner but leaves a dependant or dependants—that dependant or those dependants; or

 c

in any other case—the legal personal representative of the Judge.

 2A

If an amount is payable under paragraph (2)(a) and the Judge leaves more than one surviving spouse or de facto partner, the Attorney-General may give a direction as to the distribution of the amount between or among them.

 3

Where an amount is payable under paragraph (2)(b) to the dependants of a Judge, the Attorney-General may give a direction as to the distribution of the amount between or among those dependants.

 4

Where an amount is payable under this section to a person who is under a legal disability, the Attorney-General may, instead of authorizing payment of the amount to the person, authorize payment of the amount to such trustee or trustees as the Attorney-General appoints to be held by that trustee or those trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the person as the Attorney-General directs.

 5

In this section:

surviving spouse or de facto partner of a Judge who has died means a person who was the spouse or de facto partner (within the meaning of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901) of the Judge immediately before he or she died.
6 Appropriation

Payments under this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
7 Amount not payable on removal of Justice

Unless the Governor-General otherwise directs, an amount is not payable under this Act by reason of the removal of a Judge under section 72 of the Constitution or under any similar provision in an Act.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

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Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

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The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

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If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

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If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
ad = added or inserted o = order(s)
am = amended Ord = Ordinance
amdt = amendment orig = original
c = clause(s) par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
C[x] = Compilation No. x /sub-subparagraph(s)
Ch = Chapter(s) pres = present
def = definition(s) prev = previous
Dict = Dictionary (prev…) = previously
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament Pt = Part(s)
Div = Division(s) r = regulation(s)/rule(s)
ed = editorial change reloc = relocated
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have renum = renumbered
effect rep = repealed
F = Federal Register of Legislation rs = repealed and substituted
gaz = gazette s = section(s)/subsection(s)
LA = Legislation Act 2003 Sch = Schedule(s)
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 Sdiv = Subdivision(s)
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given SLI = Select Legislative Instrument
effect SR = Statutory Rules
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment Sub-Ch = Sub-Chapter(s)
cannot be given effect SubPt = Subpart(s)
mod = modified/modification underlining = whole or part not
No. = Number(s) commenced or to be commenced

Endnote 3—Legislation history
Act Number and year Assent Commencement Application, saving and transitional provisions
Judges (Long Leave Payments) Act 1979 90, 1979 (s 2)
Justices (Long Leave Payments) Amendment Act 1985 1, 1985 (s 2) —
A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992 49, 1992 17 June 1992 1 July 1992 (s 2) —
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1992 143, 1992 Sch 1: 1 Nov 1991 (s 2(3)) —
Federal Magistrates (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 194, 1999 Sch 17: 23 Dec 1999 (s 2(1)) —
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Act 2008 144, 2008 Sch 2 (items 57–60): (s 2(1) item 11) Sch 2 (item 60)
Federal Circuit Court of Australia Legislation Amendment Act 2012 165, 2012 28 Nov 2012 Sch 1 (items 403, 404): 12 Apr 2013 (s 2(1) item 4) —
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2021 13, 2021 1 Mar 2021 Sch 2 (items 481–483): 1 Sept 2021 (s 2(1) item 5) —

Endnote 4—Amendment history
Provision affected How affected
Title am No 194, 1999; No 165, 2012; No 13, 2021
s 3 am No 1, 1985; No 49, 1992; No 143, 1992; No 194, 1999; No 165, 2012; No 13, 2021
s 3A ad No 143, 1992
s 3B ad No 13, 2021
s 4 am No 1, 1985
s 5 am No 144, 2008