LOCAL COURTS ACT 1982 - SECT 12 Appointment of, and qualifications for, Magistrates

This legislation has been repealed.

LOCAL COURTS ACT 1982 - SECT 12

12 Appointment of, and qualifications for, Magistrates

(1) The Governor may, by commission under the public seal of the State, appoint any qualified person to be a Magistrate.

(2) A person is qualified to be appointed as a Magistrate if the person is an Australian lawyer.

(4) The provisions of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 shall not apply to or in respect of the appointment of a Magistrate and a Magistrate shall not, in the Magistrate's capacity as a Magistrate, be subject to those provisions during the Magistrate's term of office as a Magistrate.

(5) A person's appointment as a Magistrate is taken to be an appointment on a full-time basis unless the appointment is expressed, in the commission by which the person was appointed, to be on a part-time basis.