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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 (NO 96 OF 2005) - SECT 507

Assignment of magistrates or acting magistrates

    (1)     The President, after consulting the Chief Magistrate, may assign any person who is appointed as a magistrate under section 7 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 or as an acting magistrate under section 9 of that Act to be a magistrate for the Court, whether exclusively or in addition to any other duties.

    (2)     In assigning a magistrate or acting magistrate to be a magistrate for the Court, the President must have regard to the experience of the magistrate or acting magistrate in matters relating to child welfare.

    (3)     The President, after consulting the Chief Magistrate, may at any time revoke the assignment of a magistrate or acting magistrate.

    (4)     Unless his or her assignment is revoked under sub-section (3), a magistrate or acting magistrate who is assigned to be a magistrate for the Court continues to be a magistrate for the Court for so long as he or she holds the office of magistrate or acting magistrate under the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 .

    (5)     A magistrate or acting magistrate who is for any period suspended from office under section 11 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 is, for that period and by virtue of that suspension, also suspended from the office of magistrate for the Court.



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