Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03104:schedule:2:p35
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03104
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 35/48)
Character Range: 127489–130395

the following section:

Appeals from Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
"35aa. (1) Subject to sub-sections (2) and (3), the High Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.
"(2) An appeal shall not be brought from a judgment, whether final or interlocutory, referred to in sub-section (1) unless the High Court gives special leave to appeal.
"(3) Sub-section (1) has effect subject to any special provision made by an Act other than this Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this section, preventing or permitting appeals from the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.".

Law Officers Act 1964

Section 7—
Repeal the section, substitute the following section:

Remuneration and allowances of Solicitor-General
"7. (1) The Solicitor-General shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.
"(2) The Solicitor-General shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed.
"(3) This section has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973 and section 7 of the Judicial and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Act 1984.".

Section 14—
Repeal the section, substitute the following section:

Commonwealth officer appointed as Solicitor-General
"14. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), section 16 does not apply to or in respect of the Solicitor-General if, immediately before being appointed as Solicitor-General, the Solicitor-General was an eligible employee for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976.
"(2) If a person was, immediately before being appointed as Solicitor-General, an eligible employee for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976, and the person elects, within 3 months after being appointed as Solicitor-General, by notice in writing to the Attorney-General, to cease to be an eligible employee for the purposes of that Act, sub-section (1) does not apply, and shall be deemed not to have applied, to the person, and the person shall be deemed to have ceased to be such an eligible employee immediately before the person was appointed as Solicitor-General.
"(3) Where—
     (a) a person makes an election in accordance with sub-section (2); and
     (b) the person would, but for this sub-section, be entitled to a benefit under Division 1, 2 or 4 of Part V, or under Division 3 of Part IX, of the Superannuation Act 1976,
that Act applies in relation to the person as if the person were not entitled to the benefit.".

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Sub-section 16 (8)—
Omit sub-section.

After section 18—
Insert the following section:

Regulations
"19. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters—
     (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
     (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.".

Law Reform Commission Act 1973