Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be:
(a) an office of Chief Magistrate; and
(b) so many other offices of Deputy Chief Magistrate and Stipendiary Magistrate as the Attorney-General thinks fit.
(2) The Chief Magistrate and each Deputy Chief Magistrate is a Stipendiary Magistrate.
(3) The Administrator may appoint an eligible person to hold an office referred to in subsection (1).
(4) Where a person holding an office of Stipendiary Magistrate is appointed to hold the office of Chief Magistrate or Deputy Chief Magistrate, the person ceases to hold the former office of Stipendiary Magistrate.