New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SUPREME COURT ACT 1970 - SECT 26

26 Appointment and qualifications: Chief Justice and other Judges

(1) The Governor may, by commission under the public seal of the State, appoint any qualified person to be Chief Justice or a Judge.

(2) A person is qualified for appointment as Chief Justice or as a Judge if the person--

(a) holds or has held a judicial office of this State or of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, or

(b) is an Australian lawyer of at least 7 years' standing.