New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL COURT ACT 2007 - SECT 13

13 Appointment and qualifications of Magistrates

(cf LCA 1982, section 12)

(1) The Governor may, by commission under the public seal of the State, appoint any qualified person to be a Magistrate.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person is qualified for appointment as a Magistrate if the person is--

(a) an Australian lawyer of at least 5 years' standing, or

(b) a person who holds, or has held, a judicial office of this State or of the Commonwealth, another State or Territory.

(3) A Magistrate, while holding office as such, is taken to have been appointed as a justice of the peace.

(4) Part 1 of Schedule 1 has effect with respect to Magistrates.