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Magistrates Act 1991
sec.47Terms and conditions of employment—full-time and part-time magistrates
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### sec.47 Terms and conditions of employment—full-time and part-time magistrates
A magistrate is to be paid—
salary provided for under the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 ; and
such allowances as are determined by the Governor in Council.
However, if the magistrate is appointed on a part-time basis—
the magistrate’s salary is the appropriate proportion of the salary determined under subsection (1) (a) ; and
the magistrate’s entitlement to leave is the appropriate proportion of the leave to which a magistrate appointed on a full-time basis is entitled.
A magistrate holds office on such terms and conditions not provided for by this Act as are decided by the Governor in Council.
The terms and conditions mentioned in subsection (3) may include an entitlement to paid or unpaid parental leave.
Subsection (4) has effect despite subsections (1) and (2) and the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 .
Employment as a magistrate is not subject to any industrial instrument or any decision or rule of an industrial tribunal.
s 47 amd 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1 ; 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2 ; 1999 No. 16 s 2 sch ; 2000 No. 46 s 3 sch ; 2003 No. 86 s 11 ; 2007 No. 55 s 54 sch 1 ; 2008 No. 59 s 87 ; 2016 No. 63 s 1157 sch 6 ; 2023 No. 23 s 127 ; 2024 No. 47 s 66
(sec.47-ssec.1) A magistrate is to be paid— salary provided for under the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 ; and such allowances as are determined by the Governor in Council.
(sec.47-ssec.2) However, if the magistrate is appointed on a part-time basis— the magistrate’s salary is the appropriate proportion of the salary determined under subsection (1) (a) ; and the magistrate’s entitlement to leave is the appropriate proportion of the leave to which a magistrate appointed on a full-time basis is entitled.
(sec.47-ssec.3) A magistrate holds office on such terms and conditions not provided for by this Act as are decided by the Governor in Council.
(sec.47-ssec.4) The terms and conditions mentioned in subsection (3) may include an entitlement to paid or unpaid parental leave.
(sec.47-ssec.5) Subsection (4) has effect despite subsections (1) and (2) and the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 .
(sec.47-ssec.6) Employment as a magistrate is not subject to any industrial instrument or any decision or rule of an industrial tribunal.
- (a) salary provided for under the Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 ; and
- (b) such allowances as are determined by the Governor in Council.
- (a) the magistrate’s salary is the appropriate proportion of the salary determined under subsection (1) (a) ; and
- (b) the magistrate’s entitlement to leave is the appropriate proportion of the leave to which a magistrate appointed on a full-time basis is entitled.