Section 8 of the CAS Act provides that the Chief Justices are responsible for the judicial functions of their Courts. This includes the power to determine the sittings of the court, assign judges to sittings, determine the sitting schedules and places of sittings for judges and determine the total annual, monthly and weekly workload of judges. Moreover, officers, clerks and employees of CAS discharge their duties at the direction of the respective Chief Justices in matters that are assigned by law to the judiciary.
Section 9 (1) of the CAS Act provides that a Chief Justice may issue binding directions in writing to the Chief Administrator with respect to any matter within the Chief Administrator’s authority. In 2019–20, the Chief Administrator did not receive any binding directions from the Chief Justices.