New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT 2002 - SECT 9

9 Vacation of office

(1) A person ceases to hold the office of a justice of the peace if the person:

(a) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or

(b) resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, or

(c) is removed from office by the Governor under subsection (2).

(2) The Governor may at any time, on the recommendation of the Minister, remove a justice of the peace from office.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the Governor may at any time, on the recommendation of the Minister, remove a justice of the peace from office:

(a) if the person becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, or

(b) if the person becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or

(c) if the person is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable, or

(d) in any other circumstances prescribed by the regulations.