In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Act"
means the Administration of the Judiciary Act, Cap.4;
"Appointing Authority"
means the President or the Judicial Service Commission as established by article 146(1) of the Constitution;
"appointment"
means an offer to a person of a job or position of responsibility in the Judiciary Service;
"child"
means a son or daughter of a member of staff of the Judiciary and includes an adopted child of the member of staff or his or her spouse;
"Commission"
means the Judicial Service Commission established by article 146 of the Constitution;
"Council"
means the Judiciary Council established by section
4
of the Act;
"date of assumption of duty"
means the date on which a member of staff of the Judiciary assumes the duties of the office after deployment or transfer;
"department"
means an administrative unit within the Judiciary which includes Finance and Administration, Engineering and Technical Services, Human Resource Management, Policy and Planning and Information and Communications Technology;
"disciplinary committee"
means the disciplinary committee of the Judiciary constituted under the Administration of the Judiciary (Establishment of Committees) Regulations, 2023;
"duty station"
means the place where a member of staff of the Judiciary is posted or deployed for the purpose of providing the services of the Judiciary;
"effective date of appointment"
means the date on which a member of staff of the Judiciary assumes duty or the date specified by the Appointing Authority in the instrument of appointment of the member of staff of Judiciary;
"family member"
means a spouse, child or dependant relative of a member of staff of the Judiciary;
"Government Medical Officer"
means an officer employed in the Health Service or a medical school to perform medical duties, including a Senior Consultant, Consultant, Senior Registrar, Registrar, Senior Medical Officer, Medical Officer or Senior House Officer;
"interdiction"
means the temporary removal of a member of staff of the Judiciary from exercising the duties of his or her office while an investigation of misconduct is being carried out;
"judicial officer"
means a judicial officer appointed under the Constitution and the Act;
"Judiciary property"
includes any building, plant, equipment, vehicle, supplies and any other property belonging to the Judiciary;
"long-term training"
means a course including study tours and practical attachments lasting more than three months;
"lower bench"
means a magistrate's court or other court lower than the High Court;
"Minister"
means the Minister responsible for justice;
"overtime"
means the period worked on weekends, public holidays or over and above 8 hours a day on Monday to Friday after 5.00 p.m.;
"pensionable service"
means service taken into account in computing pension under the Pensions Act;
"pensionable office"
means an office to which an administrative or other member of staff of the Judiciary is appointed on probation or otherwise by the Appointing Authority and
includes eligibility for pension and gratuity in accordance with the Pensions Act;
"probation"
means six months of continuous service in office following the date of assumption of duty in that office;
"promotion"
means the appointment of a member of staff of the Judiciary to a higher office;
"qualifying service"
means the service which shall be taken into account in determining whether an administrative or other staff of the Judiciary is eligible, by length of service, for pension or gratuity under the Pensions Act;
"Responsible Officer"
means the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice, Principal Judge, Chief Registrar or the Secretary to the Judiciary, as the case may be, to whom the concerned member of staff of the Judiciary reports;
"retirement in public interest"
means a situation where the Appointing Authority requires a member of staff of the Judiciary to relinquish his or her office as a disciplinary measure which does not merit dismissal;
"short-term training course"
means a course, including a seminar, workshop, symposium, study tour or practical attachment lasting three months or less;
"spouse"
means a legally married wife or husband of a member of staff of the Judiciary;
"staff of the Judiciary"
means all judicial officers, administrative and other staff appointed by the Appointing Authority to perform judicial, administrative and other functions of the Judiciary;
"superior courts"
means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court;
"training institution"
means a school, college, university, institution or other place at which training courses are held and where a member of staff of the Judiciary may attend training locally or abroad.
