Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) On proof to the satisfaction of the registrar that a person--
(a) has been appointed to be a justice of the peace or a commissioner for declarations under section 15; and
(b) has taken or made the prescribed oath or affirmation of allegiance and office; and
(c) has complied with any prescribed conditions;
the registrar is to register the person as a justice of the peace or, as the case may be, a commissioner for declarations, unless subsection (7) applies.
(2) The registrar is to register a person under subsection (1) by entering in the register--
(a) the name and address of the person; and
(b) a note of the office to which the person has been appointed; and
(c) the person's registered number of office mentioned in subsection (3); and
(d) the date of registration.
(3) On registering a person under subsection (2), the registrar is to issue to the person, in a form approved by the Minister--
(a) a seal of office; and
(b) a registered number of office.
(4) A seal of office approved by the Minister is to allow for an imprint--
(a) that indicates the office of the person to whom it is issued; and
(b) provides a space for the insertion of the person's registered number of office.
(5) The registrar is to cause notification of the appointment and registration of a person as a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations to be published in the gazette.
(6) Upon payment of the prescribed fee, the registrar may issue to an appointed justice of the peace or appointed commissioner for declarations a certificate of registration in a form approved by the Minister.
(7) If, 6 months after the appointment by the Governor in Council of a person as a justice of the peace or a commissioner for declarations--
(a) the appointment has not been registered under subsection (1); and
(b) proof of the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c) has not been provided to the registrar's satisfaction;
the appointment lapses.