Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 no. 53 of 1975 - SECT 23

23. (1) The Chief Judge is senior to all other Judges of the Court.

(2) The Senior Judges have seniority next to the Chief Judge according to the
dates on which their appointments as Senior Judges took effect.

(3) Where, by reason of the fact that two or more commissions of appointment
took effect on the same day, the foregoing provisions do not determine
seniority between the Senior Judges appointed by those commissions, those
Judges have such seniority in relation to each other as is assigned to them by
the Governor-General.