Section 177 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Judicial officers to continue in office to complete proceedings

177 Judicial officers to continue in office to complete proceedings (1) This section applies to proceedings in a senior court, another court, or a tribunal. (2) A judicial officer whose term of office has expired or who has retired may continue in office for the purpose of completing the hearing of a matter, or determining or giving judgment in proceedings, that the judicial officer has heard either alone or with others. (3) A judicial officer must not continue in office under subsection (1) for longer than 3 months without the consent of the nominating Minister. (4) The fact that a judicial officer continues in office does not affect the power to appoint another person to that office. (5) A judicial officer who continues in office is entitled to be paid the appropriate rate for the days or half-days worked in completing the proceedings, and that rate is the rate of the remuneration and allowances to which the officer would have been entitled for those days or half-days if the term of office had not expired or the officer had not retired. (6) In this section, judicial officer means a person who has in New Zealand authority under an enactment to hear, receive, and examine evidence. Compare: 1908 No 89 s 88A