Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor in Council, by notification published in the gazette, may prohibit an appointed justice of the peace or an appointed commissioner for declarations from acting in office for a period defined in the notification.
(2) The Governor in Council may act under subsection (1) for such reasons as the Governor in Council thinks fit.
(3) A person prohibited from acting as a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations pursuant to a notification--
(a) ceases to hold office as a justice of the peace or, as the case may be, a commissioner for declarations on and from the commencement of the period defined in the notification; and
(b) resumes office as a justice of the peace or, as the case may be, a commissioner for declarations, on and from the expiration of the period defined in the notification.
(4) Upon publication in the gazette of a notification, the registrar--
(a) at the commencement of the period defined in the notification, is to remove the name of the person from the register; and
(b) at the expiration of the period defined in the notification, is to enter the name of the person in the register;
as a justice of the peace or, as the case may be, a commissioner for declarations.
(5) A person who resumes office under subsection (3)(b) is not required to take the oath or make the affirmation prescribed by section 20 before performing any of the functions of the office.