5.3 A person may be appointed a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal or the Federal Court if the person

( a) is or has been a judge of a superior, county or district court in Canada;

( b) is or has been a barrister or advocate of at least 10 years standing at the bar of any province; or

( c) has, for at least 10 years,

(i) been a barrister or advocate at the bar of any province, and

(ii) after becoming a barrister or advocate at the bar of any province, exercised powers and performed duties and functions of a judicial nature on a full-time basis in respect of a position held under a law of Canada or a province.

2002, c. 8, s. 16.