New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Subject to section 11B, at any time during the illness or absence of any Judge, or for any other temporary purpose, the Governor-General may, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, appoint any person (including a former Judge) to be a Judge for such term, not exceeding 12 months, as the Governor-General may specify.
(2) Any person appointed a Judge under this section may be reappointed, but no Judge shall hold office under this section for more than 2 years in the aggregate.
(3) Every person appointed a Judge under this section shall, during the term of his appointment, be paid the salary and allowances payable by law to a Judge other than the Chief Justice, the other Judges of the Supreme Court, the President of the Court of Appeal, the other Judges of the Court of Appeal, or the Chief High Court Judge.
Section 11: substituted, on 14 October 1981, by section 2(1) of the Judicature Amendment Act 1981 (1981 No 40).
Section 11(3): amended, on 1 January 2004, by section 48(1) of the Supreme Court Act 2003 (2003 No 53).
