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.