152   Commission in Court Session superior court of record

(1)  The Commission in Court Session is established by this Act as a superior court of record.

(2)  For the purposes of Part 9 of the Constitution Act 1902, the Commission in Court Session is a court of equivalent status to the Supreme Court and the Land and Environment Court, and is of higher status than the courts referred to in section 52 (2) (b) and (c) of that Act.

Note. Part 9 of the Constitution Act 1902 is amended by Schedule 5 to this Act to extend that Part to members of the Commission in Court Session. That Part already applies to Judges of the Industrial Court. As a consequence of the abolition of the Industrial Court by this Act, that Part confers a right on the former Judges of that Court to be appointed to judicial office in a court of equivalent or higher status. The above provision ensures that the appointment of all Judges of the former Industrial Court as members of the Commission in Court Session (by Part 4 of Schedule 4 to this Act) satisfies the requirements of the Constitution Act 1902.