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Appointment of presiding judges.
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4.—(1) A person who, after the commencement of this Act, is appointed as the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, High Court, Circuit Court or District Court shall be so appointed—
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(a) for a period of 7 years, or
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(b) until he or she reaches the appropriate age of judicial retirement as a judge of that Court,
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whichever first occurs, and, in a case to which paragraph (a) relates, shall not be eligible for re-appointment as presiding judge of that Court.
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(2) Except in a case to which paragraph (b) of subsection (1) relates, nothing in that subsection shall be construed as affecting the continuance of a person as a judge of the court of which he or she was the presiding judge and, accordingly, every such person shall, as the case may be, continue to serve as a judge of that court.
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