Judicial compensation

The Judicial Compensation Act requires that an independent commission be appointed every four years to consider and report on all matters respecting the remuneration, allowances and benefits of Provincial Court judges and judicial justices.

Amendments were made to the Judicial Compensation Act in fall 2021. The appointment and functions of the 2022 Commission were deferred by six months. The deferral is set out in the transitional provisions of Bill 30 from that legislative sitting. The amendments also changed the cycle of the commission from every three to every four years; added a provision where the report must be filed with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly if the Legislative Assembly is not sitting; and added a simplified option whereby the Lieutenant Governor in Council may accept the commission’s recommendations on behalf of government, in circumstances where government is satisfied to accept all of the recommendations.