Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MAGISTRATES ACT - SECT 5

A person is eligible for appointment as a Magistrate if the person:

        (a)     is a lawyer and has been for at least 5 years; or

        (b)     is admitted to the legal profession, and has been for at least 5 years, in one of the following jurisdictions:

            (i)     New Zealand;

            (ii)     Papua New Guinea;

            (iii)     England;

            (iv)     Scotland;

            (v)     Northern Ireland; or

        (c)     has held a position of magistrate, or, in the opinion of the Minister, its equivalent, in a jurisdiction mentioned in paragraph (b) and has the approved academic qualifications for admission as a local lawyer under section 10 of the Legal Profession Act .