Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991
sec.42Justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations)
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sec.42 Justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations)
If at 30 June 2000, a person remains in office as a justice of the peace under section 41(a), the person then ceases to hold that office and instead holds office as a justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations). The registrar is to remove the person’s name from the register as a justice of the peace and insert an entry that the person is a justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations). Subsection (1) does not apply to a lawyer. s 42 amd 1996 No. 40 s 9 (sec.42-ssec.1) If at 30 June 2000, a person remains in office as a justice of the peace under section 41(a), the person then ceases to hold that office and instead holds office as a justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations). (sec.42-ssec.2) The registrar is to remove the person’s name from the register as a justice of the peace and insert an entry that the person is a justice of the peace (commissioner for declarations). (sec.42-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a lawyer.