Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C02023:section:8b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C02023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8B
Character Range: 17147–18833

8B  Salary and allowances of Judges
  (1) The Chief Justice and the other Judges appointed under subsection (1) of section 7 shall receive salary, annual allowances and travelling allowances at such respective rates as are fixed from time to time by the Parliament.
 (2) The salary and annual allowance to which a Judge is entitled under this section accrue from day to day and are payable monthly.
 (3) An additional Judge shall be remunerated with the salary and annual allowance that he receives as a Judge of the other court or courts of which he is a Judge.
 (4) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for payment of salaries and allowances in accordance with subsection (1).
 (5) Subject to subsection (6), a person who holds office as a Judge of the Court by virtue of an appointment that took effect while he was a Judge (including the Chief Judge) of the Federal Court of Australia is not, while he continues to hold office both as a Judge of the Court and as a Judge (including the Chief Judge) of the Federal Court of Australia, entitled to receive salary or annual allowance as provided in subsection (1).
 (6) In the case of a Judge of the Court to whom subsection (5) applies, if the salary or annual allowance to which he would be entitled as a Judge of the Court if that subsection were not applicable to him exceeds the salary or annual allowance, as the case may be, by which he is remunerated as a Judge (including the Chief Judge) of the Federal Court of Australia, he shall receive, in respect of his office as a Judge of the Court, an additional amount by way of salary or annual allowance, as the case may be, equal to the excess.