Queensland Consolidated Acts

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS ACT 1991 - SECT 16

16 Qualification for appointment

(1) Subject to subsection (2) , a person is qualified for appointment as a justice of the peace or a commissioner for declarations if—

(a) the chief executive is satisfied under section 17 that the person is suitable for appointment; and

(b) the person is an adult; and

(c) for a person other than an Australian lawyer—the person has completed any pre-appointment training course; and

(d) the person is an Australian citizen; and

(e) the person—

(i) ordinarily resides in Queensland; or

(ii) works, or proposes to work, in Queensland and cannot perform that work unless the person is a justice of the peace or a commissioner for declarations.

(2) A person is not qualified for appointment as a justice of the peace or a commissioner for declarations if—

(a) the person is an insolvent under administration; or

(b) the person has a disqualifying conviction; or

(c) a previous appointment of the person as a justice of the peace or a commissioner for declarations was revoked within the previous 5 years.

(3) In this section—

"pre-appointment training course" means a training course approved under section 32 (1) (a) .