Victorian Numbered Acts

COURTS LEGISLATION (JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS) ACT 2004 (NO 31 OF 2004) - SECT 5

s. 5

For section 9(2) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 substitute —

    "(2)     A person is not eligible for appointment as an acting magistrate unless he or she has not attained the age of 70 years and—

        (a)     is or has been a judge or magistrate of—

              (i)     the High Court of Australia or of a court created by the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or

              (ii)     a court of Victoria or of another State or of the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory; or

        (b)     has been admitted to legal practice in Victoria, another State, the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory, or has been enrolled as a legal practitioner of the High Court of Australia, for not less than 5 years.".