Judiciary (Diplomatic Representation) Act 1977
Act No. 115 of 1977 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 8 November 2000 
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 38 of 1979
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

  

Contents
1	Short title [see Note 1]	1
2	Commencement [see Note 1]	1
3	Acceptance of appointment as Ambassador‑at‑large	1
4	Application of Judges’ Pensions Act 1968	2
Notes		3

An Act relating to the appointment of the Honourable Russell Walter Fox as an Ambassador‑at‑large 
1  Short title [see Note 1]
		This Act may be cited as the Judiciary (Diplomatic Representation) Act 1977.
2  Commencement [see Note 1]
		This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3  Acceptance of appointment as Ambassador‑at‑large
	(1)	The Honourable Russell Walter Fox, the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, may accept appointment as an Ambassador‑at‑large for the Australian Government in relation to matters concerning nuclear non‑proliferation and nuclear safeguards, and, if he accepts that appointment:
	(a)	his service as such an Ambassador‑at‑large shall, for all purposes, count as service in any judicial office held by him during his appointment as such an Ambassador‑at‑large; and
	(b)	he shall, whether or not he resigns as such Chief Judge, continue to be entitled to receive, during his appointment as such an Ambassador‑at‑large but not after pension becomes payable to him under the Judges’ Pensions Act 1968, the salary and annual allowance payable from time to time to a person who holds both the office of the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and the office of a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
	(2)	In paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), a reference to the appointment of the Honourable Russell Walter Fox as Ambassador‑at‑large as referred to in that subsection shall be read as, and as having been at all times, a reference to the term of his appointment as such Ambassador‑at‑large and of any extension or extensions of the term of that appointment, whether effected before or after the commencement of this subsection.
4  Application of Judges’ Pensions Act 1968
	(1)	If the Honourable Russell Walter Fox resigns from the office of Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and, either before or after so resigning, he accepts the appointment referred to in section 3, the Judges’ Pensions Act 1968 shall apply in relation to him upon his ceasing to hold any office of Judge (whether by retirement or death) as if, immediately before so ceasing, he had held office as Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory in addition to any other office of Judge held by him.
	(2)	In subsection (1), Judge has the same meaning as in the Judges’ Pensions Act 1968. 

Notes to the Judiciary (Diplomatic Representation) Act 1977
Note 1
The Judiciary (Diplomatic Representation) Act 1977 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 115, 1977 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act	Number 
and year	Date 
of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	
Judiciary (Diplomatic Representation) Act 1977	115, 1977	3 Nov 1977	3 Nov 1977		
Judiciary (Diplomatic Representation) Amendment Act 1979	38, 1979	7 June 1979	7 June 1979	—	

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted	
Provision affected	How affected	
S. 3		am. No. 38, 1979