New Zealand Legislation: Acts

7 Tenure of office

• (1) The Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, remove a Judge for inability or misbehaviour.

  (1A) To avoid doubt, a Judge may be removed under subsection (1) for inability or misbehaviour related to the exercise, contemplated by section 8(d), of the judicial authority conferred on a coroner by the Coroners Act 2006.

  (2) Every Judge shall retire from office on attaining the age of 70 years.

  Compare: 1928 No 14 ss 7(2), 9

  Section 7(1): amended, on 1 April 1980, pursuant to section 18(1) of the District Courts Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 125).

  Section 7(1A): inserted, on 1 July 2007, by section 146 of the Coroners Act 2006 (2006 No 38).

  Section 7(2): amended, on 6 March 2007, by section 4 of the District Courts Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 1).

  Section 7(2): amended, on 1 April 1980, pursuant to section 18(1) of the District Courts Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 125).