SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13Judicial appointments

Part 1Judges of the Supreme Court: number and selection

Number of judges to become maximum full-time equivalent number

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1

Section 23 (establishment of the Supreme Court) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (2) (Supreme Court consists of 12 judges)—

a

for “12 judges appointed” substitute “ the persons appointed as its judges ”, and

b

after “by letters patent” insert “ , but no appointment may cause the full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court at any time to be more than 12 ”.

3

In subsection (3) (power to increase number of members of the Court) before “number” insert “ maximum full-time equivalent ”.

4

In subsection (7) (Court is duly constituted despite vacancy in membership or presiding offices) omit “among the judges of the Court or”.

5

After that subsection insert—

8

For the purposes of this section, the full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court is to be calculated by taking the number of full-time judges and adding, for each judge who is not a full-time judge, such fraction as is reasonable.