Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a person who holds a judicial office is appointed as a member, the appointment does not affect, and is taken never to have affected:
(a) the person's tenure of that office; or
(b) the person's rights or privileges as the holder of that office.
(2) If a person who holds a judicial office serves as a member, that service does not affect, and is taken never to have affected:
(a) the person's tenure of that office; or
(b) the person's rights or privileges as the holder of that office.
(3) Any service as a member by the holder of a judicial office is taken for all purposes to be, or to have been, service as the holder of that office.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a person's rights and privileges as the holder of a judicial office are taken to include his or her rank, title, status, precedence, salary and allowances, as the holder of that office.