Judges Act

Marginal note:Federal Court

• 76 (1) In so far as the duties and functions of the Commissioner under paragraphs 74(1)(b) and (c) relate to the Federal Court, they shall be carried out, under the direction of the Commissioner, by an officer who shall be a deputy of the Commissioner and who shall be appointed or designated by the Commissioner with the concurrence therein of the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of that Court.

• Marginal note:Tax Court

  (2) In so far as the duties and functions of the Commissioner under paragraphs 74(1)(b) and (c) relate to the Tax Court of Canada, they shall be carried out, under the direction of the Commissioner, by an officer who shall be a deputy of the Commissioner and who shall be appointed or designated by the Commissioner with the concurrence therein of the Chief Judge and the Associate Chief Judge of that Court.

• Marginal note:Deputy may be an officer of the Court

  (3) An officer appointed or designated under subsection (1) or (2) may be an officer of the Court and, if he is such an officer, may continue to perform his duties as an officer of the Court and may utilize the services of other persons on the staff of the Court in carrying out his duties and functions under this section.

• Marginal note:Title of officer

  (4) An officer appointed or designated under subsection (1) or (2) shall be known by such title as may be determined from time to time by the Commissioner with the concurrence of the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court or the Chief Judge and the Associate Chief Judge of the Tax Court of Canada, as the case may be.

• Marginal note:Deemed deputy head

  (5) An officer appointed or designated under subsection (1) or (2) shall, for the purposes of the Public Service Employment Act and other Acts of Parliament and for purposes relating to the duties and functions of the officer under this section, be deemed to be, as the case may be, the deputy head of the portion of the public service of Canada appointed under subsection 14(2) of the Federal Court Act or the deputy head of the portion of the public service of Canada appointed under subsection 23(2) of the Tax Court of Canada Act.