MAGISTRATES ACT 1991 - SECT 4 Qualifications for appointment of magistrates

MAGISTRATES ACT 1991 - SECT 4

4 Qualifications for appointment of magistrates

(1) A person who has not attained the age of 70 is qualified to be appointed as a magistrate if the person is—

(a) a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court; or

(b) a barrister, solicitor, barrister and solicitor or legal practitioner of—

(i) the Supreme Court of another State or a Territory; or

(ii) the High Court;

of at least 5 years standing.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , a person who—

(a) immediately before the commencement of this section, was qualified for admission as a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court; and

(b) is admitted as a barrister or solicitor; and

(c) immediately before the commencement of this section was employed in a Magistrates Courts Office;

is taken to have been a barrister or solicitor from when the person became qualified.