After section 28—
insert—
28A Acting judicial registrars(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a person to act as a judicial registrar—(a) during any period when a judicial registrar is absent from duty or can not, for another reason, perform the functions of a judicial registrar; or(b) if the conduct of the business of the Land Court, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, requires the appointment.(2) An acting judicial registrar is appointed on a part-time or full-time basis for the term, of not more than 2 years, stated in the person’s instrument of appointment.(3) The provisions of this Act applying to judicial registrars also apply to an acting judicial registrar to the extent the application is possible.(4) The rights of a public service officer appointed as an acting judicial registrar may be preserved under a regulation.