MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1930 - SECT 7D Term of appointment of magistrates
MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1930 - SECT 7D
Term of appointment of magistrates(1) A magistrate is appointed for the term ending when the magistrate turns 70 years old.
Note 1 The Judicial Commissions Act 1994
, s 4 provides that a magistrate may only be removed from office in accordance with that Act.
Note 2 A magistrate's appointment also ends if the magistrate resigns (see Legislation Act
, s 210).
(2) A person who is at least 70 years old must not be appointed as a magistrate.