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austalian law and constitution
may fix; but the remuneration shall not be
diminished during their continuance in office.
The appointment of a Justice of the High Court shall be for a term expiring
upon his attaining the age of seventy years, and a person shall not be
appointed as a Justice of the High Court if he has attained that age.
The appointment of a Justice of a court created by the Parliament shall be
for a term expiring upon his attaining the age that is, at the time of his
appointment, the maximum age for Justices of that court and a person shall
not be appointed as a Justice of such a court if he has attained the age
that is for the time being the maximum age for Justices of that court.
Subject to this section, the maximum age for Justices of any court created
by the Parliament is seventy years. The Parliament may make a law fixing an
age that is less than seventy years as the maximum age for Justices of a
court created by the Parliament and may at any time repeal or amend such a
law, but any such repeal or amendment does not affect the term of office of
a Justice under an appointment made before the repeal or amendment.
A Justice of a court created by the Parliament may resign his office by
writing under his hand delivered to the Governor-General.
Nothing in the provisions added to this section by the Constitution
Alteration