New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL COURT ACT 2007 - SECT 16

16 Acting Magistrates

(1) The Governor may, by commission under the public seal of the State, appoint any person who is qualified for appointment as a Magistrate under section 13 to act as a Magistrate for a term not exceeding 5 years to be specified in the commission.

(2) A person who holds, or has held, a judicial office of this State, or of the Commonwealth, another State or Territory, may be appointed under this section even if he or she has reached the mandatory judicial retirement age (or will have reached that age before the appointment expires) but may not be so appointed for any period extending beyond the day on which he or she reaches the age of 78 years.

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