Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023

60

Transitional arrangement: no judicial selection statement

60. (1) Subsection (2) shall apply where, during the period commencing on the coming into operation of section 46 and ending on the date of the publication of the first judicial selection statement under section 57, an invitation to apply for judicial office issues under section 42.

(2) For the purposes of section 46, the Commission shall—

(a) apply—

(i) where a statement of selection procedures is adopted under section 57, the procedures set out in that statement, or

(ii) where no such statement stands adopted, such procedures, consistent with section 59, as are determined by the Commission,

and

(b) require an applicant to possess—

(i) where a statement of requisite knowledge, skills and attributes is adopted under section 57, the requirements set out in that statement which are applicable to the judicial office to which the application of the applicant relates, or

(ii) where no such statement stands adopted, such requisite knowledge, skills and attributes, consistent with section 58, as are determined by the Commission.