Queensland Consolidated Acts

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS ACT 1991 - SECT 44

44 Transitional office holder entitled to become commissioner for declarations

(1) A person who holds office as—

(a) a justice of the peace under section 41(a); or

(b) a justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations) under section 42(1);

may apply to the registrar to be registered as a commissioner for declarations.

(2) The application is to be made in accordance with the regulations.

(3) Upon receipt of the application, the registrar is to—

(a) remove the person’s name from the register as a justice of the peace or justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations) and insert an entry that the person is a commissioner for declarations; and

(b) issue the person with the seal of office and registered number of office prescribed by section 21(3).

(4) The person then ceases to be a justice of the peace or, as the case may be, a justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations) and is taken to be appointed as a commissioner for declarations under section 15(3).

(5) The registrar is to cause notification of the cessation of office of the person under this section and of the person’s commencement in office as a commissioner for declarations to be published in the gazette.