Section 117 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Term of appointment of acting Associate Judges

117 Term of appointment of acting Associate Judges (1) An appointment under section 114 must be for a specified term that— (a) is not more than the time until the Associate Judge will reach the age of 75 years; and (b) in any case, is not more than 2 years. (2) When an acting Associate Judge’s term of appointment ends, the acting Associate Judge, if under the age of 75 years, may at any time be reappointed under section 114 for a further 1 or more terms. (3) However, an acting Associate Judge may not be reappointed under section 114 for a term that, when aggregated with all previous terms, exceeds 5 years. Compare: 1908 No 89 s 26H(2)–(4)