Judicial officer entitlements

The Attorney-General is required under Section 37 of the Judicial Entitlements Act to establish and maintain an electronic register containing specified documents relating to judicial entitlements.

This page is the register about the terms and conditions of Victorian judicial officers, including basic information about how these entitlements are provided.

This page has information about the following:

Entitlement certificates

Links for downloadable documents versions of certificates

Entitlement certificates

After receiving an own motion recommendation from the Judicial Entitlements Panel, the Attorney‑General must issue an entitlement certificate if the Attorney-General accepts the recommendation, or varies or accepts part of the recommendation. These certificates set out the entitlements of judicial officers.

The following table summarises each of the entitlement certificates currently in effect, whether in full or in part, including those issued under the Judicial Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995, which are taken to be entitlement certificates under the Judicial Entitlements Act 2015.

Each of the entitlement certificates summarised in the following table can also be accessed using the relevant document links published at the bottom of the page.

Entitlement certificates summary
Relevant legislation	Entitlement certificate issue date	Entitlements specified in the certificate
Section 35 of the Judicial Entitlements Act 2015	8 July 2022	Creates a new Professional Development Allowance for reserve magistrates
Section 35 of the Judicial Entitlements Act 2015	16 December 2021	Various entitlements of judicial officers, including: long service leave accruing daily for judges, associate judges, reserve judges, magistrates and the Chief Magistrate long service leave to be paid on a pro rata basis for reserve judges recognising prior service as an acting magistrate for long service leave purposes providing reserve associate judges with entitlements in line with associate judges, and increasing the living away from home allowance for magistrates
Section 35 of the Judicial Entitlements Act 2015	26 August 2019	Various entitlements of judicial officers, including: entitling judges of the Supreme and County Courts to transfer unused annual leave from an immediately prior, pensionable, Victorian public office increasing the long service leave entitlement of a Supreme Court associate judge entitling a Supreme Court judge and associate judge and judge of the County Court to free public transport, superseding the entitlement of Supreme and County Court judges to a 'gold pass' entitling reserve judges to long service leave, and creating a new Professional Development Allowance, superseding the Library Allowance
Section 35 of the Judicial Entitlements Act 2015	8 January 2018	The entitlement of judicial officers to a health assessment The certificate also: amends the entitlement to long service leave for associate judges of the Supreme and County Courts, and magistrates, and clarifies the entitlement to annual leave for reserve judges, reserve associate judges, and reserve magistrates, who are engaged on a non-sessional basis
Section 15 of the Judicial Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995	30 June 2014	Recognises prior service and accrued entitlements for long service/sabbatical leave for judicial officers, and sets out the process of recognition
Section 15 of the Judicial Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995	13 June 2014	Long service leave entitlement of the Chief Magistrate
Section 15 of the Judicial Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995	24 February 2012	Various entitlements of judicial officers, including: living away from home allowance and relocation expenses reimbursement for magistrates annual leave entitlement of Chief Magistrate, and sabbatical leave entitlements of Supreme and County Court judges
Section 15 of the Judicial Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995	14 February 2008	Car allowance for magistrates
Section 15 of the Judicial Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995	19 July 2007	Various entitlements of judicial officers, including: travel entitlements, circuit travel allowance, telephone entitlements, mileage reimbursement and leave entitlements for judges, associate judges and magistrates coordinator allowance for senior magistrates car entitlements for judges, and pro rata entitlements for reserve judges
Section 15 of the Judicial Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995	28 March 2000	The entitlements of business class interstate travel for the partner of a Supreme Court or County Court judge