Judges' Ethics Committee Act 2010

This Act may be cited as the Judges’ Ethics Committee

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“judge” means a judge of the High Court, a judge of the

Court of Appeal and a judge of the Federal Court, and includes a Judicial Commissioner;

“Committee” means the Judges’ Ethics Committee constituted under section 3;

“Code of Ethics” means the code of ethics prescribed under

Clause (3b) of Article 125 of the Federal Constitution;

“breach” means the breach of any provisions of the Code of

Ethics;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Committee appointed under section 5.