Judicial Service Act [Chapter 7:18]
(e) the use by members of the Judicial Service of vehicles, equipment and other property
of the State, their indemnification in respect of such use and additionally, or
alternatively, the recovery from them of compensation and penalties in respect of
damage or loss caused by such use;
(f) the manner in which members of the Judicial Service may make representations in
regard to matters affecting their conditions of service and general welfare;
(g) the manner in which grievances of members of the Judicial Service may be expressed,
investigated and redressed;
(h) the terms and conditions of contracts entered into in terms of section 8;
(i) the circumstances in which the Commission may assent to cessions of salary,
allowances or other remuneration;
(j) the discipline of members of the Judicial Service, and the penalties that may be
imposed upon them and other measures, including dismissal, that may be taken against
them for misconduct or if they are inefficient or unsuitable or incapable of performing
their duties or if they are convicted of criminal offences;
(k) the suspension, retirement, resignation, discharge, abandonment of employment and
other termination of service of members of the Judicial Service;
(l) the transfer, secondment and appointment of members of the Judicial Service to
offices, posts or grades in an approved service and vice versa and the terms and
conditions upon which such transfers, secondments and appointments may be made;
(m) the conduct of investigations, inspections and examinations for the purposes of this
Act;
(n) any other matter which, in the opinion of the Commission, is necessary or convenient
to prescribe in order to ensure the well-being and good administration of the Judicial
Service and its maintenance in a high state of efficiency.
(3) To the extent that regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may result in an increase
in expenditure chargeable on the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Commission shall obtain the
concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance before they are enacted.
(4) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide that any enactment relating to
the conditions of service of members of the Public Service shall apply to or in respect of any
members of the Judicial Service, subject to such modifications, exceptions or conditions as may
be specified in the regulations, and thereupon the enactment concerned shall so apply to or in
respect of those members of the Judicial Service.
(5) If, after an enactment has been made applicable to any members of the Judicial Service
as provided in subsection (4), the enactment concerned is amended, the amendment shall also
apply to or in respect of the members concerned unless the Commission provides in regulations
that it shall not apply.
26 Act not to affect application of certain other laws
To the extent that the appointment, conditions of service, termination or service or pension
benefits of a member of the Judicial Service is or are provided for by or under the Constitution
or any other enactment, this Act shall not apply to or in respect of that member.
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