Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If a judge of the Supreme Court or the County Court is appointed as chairperson of the Victorian Legal Services Board—
(a) the appointment does not affect the tenure of office of the judge nor the judge's rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder of an office as a judge of the relevant Court; and
(b) for all purposes, service as the chairperson is to be taken to be service as the holder of an office as a judge.
(2) If a person who has been a judge of the Supreme Court or the County Court is appointed as chairperson of the Victorian Legal Services Board, the appointment does not affect any pension or other rights or privileges the person has as a former judge.
(3) For the purposes of section 83(4) of the Constitution Act 1975 and section 14(3A) of the County Court Act 1958 , the office of chairperson is not to be taken to be a judicial office or an office or place of profit under the Crown.