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Queensland
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
AND COMMISSIONERS FOR
DECLARATIONS
AMENDMENT BILL 1996
Queensland
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND
COMMISSIONERS FOR
DECLARATIONS AMENDMENT BILL
1996
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS ACT 1991
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Replacement of ss 4-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Advisory council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 16 (Qualifications of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 19 (Justices of the peace and commissioners for
declarations by virtue of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Insertion of new s 24A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
24A Change in person's office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Amendment of s 27 (Return of certificate of registration and seal
of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of s 42 (Justice of the peace (commissioner for
declarations)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF THE ELECTORAL ACT 1992
10 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s 58 (Commission to keep electoral rolls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1996
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for
Declarations Act 1991, and for other purposes
s1 4 s4
Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for
Declarations Legislation Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners 4
for Declarations Legislation Amendment Act 1996. 5
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF THE JUSTICES OF THE 6
P
PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR 7
DECLARATIONS ACT 1991 8
amended 9
Act
Clause 2. This part amends the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for 10
Declarations Act 1991. 11
of s 3 (Interpretation) 12
Amendment
Clause 3. Section 3, definition "Council"-- 13
omit. 14
of ss 4-11 15
Replacement
Clause 4. Sections 4 to 11-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
council 18
`Advisory
`4.(1) The Minister may establish an advisory council to advise the 19
Minister in the administration of this Act. 20
s5 5 s6
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Declarations Legislation Amendment
`(2) The advisory council is to consist of the members appointed to the 1
council by the Minister. 2
`(3) When appointing members to the council, the Minister must have 3
regard to-- 4
(a) a person's knowledge of the roles and functions of justices; and 5
(b) the special interest, knowledge or experience a person may bring 6
to the council, including, for example, a special interest in, or 7
knowledge or experience of-- 8
(i) the needs of particular areas of the State, including rural and 9
remote areas, to be serviced by justices and the special needs 10
of justices servicing the areas; or 11
(ii) the needs of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander 12
communities to be serviced by justices and the special needs 13
of justices servicing the communities. 14
`(4) The advisory council is to meet at the times and conduct its 15
proceedings in the way directed by the Minister. 16
`(5) In this section-- 17
"justices" means justices of the peace and commissioners for 18
declarations.'. 19
of s 16 (Qualifications of office) 20
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 16(1)(c), `unless'-- 21
omit. 22
(2) Section 16(2), from `a retired Magistrate' to `a Magistrate'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`a lawyer'. 25
of s 19 (Justices of the peace and commissioners for 26
Amendment
declarations by virtue of office) 27
Clause 6.(1) Section 19(1), `and for so long as the person holds the office,'-- 28
s7 6 s7
Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for
Declarations Legislation Amendment
omit. 1
(2) Section 19-- 2
insert-- 3
`(1A) A person who has retired, or resigned, from office as a Supreme 4
Court or District Court judge or a magistrate is, without further 5
appointment, a justice of the peace.'. 6
(3) Section 19(4), from `(magistrates court)' to `1 November 1996'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(magistrates court) while the person continues to be employed as a 9
public service officer in an office of the Supreme Court, a District Court or 10
a Magistrates Court'. 11
of new s 24A 12
Insertion
Clause 7. After section 24-- 13
insert-- 14
in person's office 15
`Change
`24A.(1) This section applies if a person holding office (the "existing 16
office") as an appointed justice of the peace or appointed commissioner for 17
declarations is later appointed to hold office (the "later office") as-- 18
(a) for an appointed justice of the peace--an appointed justice of the 19
peace of another category or an appointed commissioner for 20
declarations; or 21
(b) for an appointed commissioner for declarations--an appointed 22
justice of the peace. 23
`(2) The registrar is to remove the person's name from the register as the 24
holder of the existing office and insert an entry that the person holds the 25
later office. 26
`(3) When the entry is made, the person stops holding the existing office 27
s8 7 s9
Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for
Declarations Legislation Amendment
and holds the later office. 1
`(4) This section does not apply if section 42 or 44 applies.1'. 2
of s 27 (Return of certificate of registration and seal of 3
Amendment
office) 4
Clause 8. Section 27(1), `by virtue of a provision of this Act other than 5
section 17(c)'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`under section 17(a), (b) or (d)2'. 8
of s 42 (Justice of the peace (commissioner for 9
Amendment
declarations)) 10
Clause 9.(1) Section 42(1), `If at the expiration of 5 years from the 11
commencement of this Act'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`If at 30 June 2000'. 14
(2) Section 42-- 15
insert-- 16
`(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a lawyer.'. 17
1 Sections 42 and 44 already provide transitional arrangements for certain office
holders becoming justices of the peace (commissioner for declarations) and
commissioners for declarations.
2 Section 17 (Disqualification from office)
s 10 8 s 11
Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for
Declarations Legislation Amendment
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF THE ELECTORAL ACT 1
P
1992 2
amended 3
Act
Clause 10. This part amends the Electoral Act 1992. 4
of s 58 (Commission to keep electoral rolls) 5
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 58-- 6
insert-- 7
`(3A) Each electoral roll may also set out, for each person who holds 8
office-- 9
(a) as a justice of the peace--the initials `JP' after the person's name; 10
or 11
(b) as a commissioner for declarations--the initials `Cd' after the 12
person's name.'. 13
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