Queensland Consolidated Acts

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS ACT 1991 - SECT 41

41 Transitional office holders and register

On and from the commencement of this Act—

(a) subject to section 42, a person who immediately before the commencement holds office as a justice of the peace—

(i) pursuant to an appointment made under section 8 of the repealed Act; or

(ii) pursuant to an appointment deemed to have been made under the repealed Act because of section 4 of that Act;

continues to hold office as a justice of the peace under this Act; and

(b) the Register of Justices kept pursuant to section 7 of the repealed Act continues in existence as the register of justices of the peace and commissioners for declarations required to be kept under section 13 of this Act; and

(c) the person holding office immediately before the commencement as registrar of justices appointed under section 6 of the repealed Act is taken to be appointed registrar of justices of the peace and commissioners for declarations under section 12 of this Act.