DISTRICT COURT ACT 1973 - SECT 18K
Temporary appointment of registrars and assistant registrars
DISTRICT COURT ACT 1973 - SECT 18K
Temporary appointment of registrars and assistant registrars
18K Temporary appointment of registrars and assistant registrars
(1) The Minister may, by order in writing, appoint a person to act in the
office of registrar or assistant registrar during--
(a) an absence from duty
of the registrar or assistant registrar, or
(b) a vacancy of not more than 6
months' duration in the office of the registrar or assistant registrar.
(2)
The Minister may delegate to the Secretary of the Department of Justice the
Minister's power of appointment under this section.
(3) While acting in the
office of registrar or assistant registrar, a person so appointed has and may
exercise all the functions of that office.
(4) Any act, matter or thing done
by a person while purporting to exercise a function conferred by this section
is not ineffective or unlawful by reason only that either of the circumstances
referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b) did not exist when the act, matter or
thing was done.
(5) Any act, matter or thing done by a person while acting in
the office of registrar or assistant registrar is taken to have been done by
the registrar or assistant registrar, as the case requires.
(6) This section
does not apply to an office that is held by a registrar of the Local Court.
