507Assignment of magistrates or reserve magistrates

507 Assignment of magistrates or reserve magistrates

S. 507(1) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 50(2).

(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 a reserve magistrate to be a magistrate for the Court, whether exclusively or in addition to any other duties.

S. 507(2) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 50(3).

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

S. 507(3) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 50(4).

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

S. 507(4) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 50(5).

(4) Unless his or her assignment is revoked under subsection (3), a magistrate or reserve 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 reserve magistrate under the Magistrates' Court Act 1989.

S. 507(5) repealed by No. 68/2009 s. 72, new s. 507(5) inserted by No. 5/2013 s. 50(6).

(5) A reserve magistrate assigned under this section to be a magistrate for the Court may only exercise powers of a magistrate for the Court when the reserve magistrate is engaged under section 9C of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 to undertake the duties of a magistrate.