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Magistrates Act 1991
sec.53QRemuneration during suspension and after conviction
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### sec.53Q Remuneration during suspension and after conviction
A judicial registrar is entitled to remuneration during a period of suspension under section 53O (1) or section 53P (1) or (2) .
However, but subject to subsection (3) , if a judicial registrar is convicted of an indictable offence, the judicial registrar is not entitled to remuneration on and from the day of the conviction.
A judicial registrar who is convicted of an indictable offence is entitled to remuneration during the period the judicial registrar is subject to the conviction if—
the judicial registrar’s conviction is quashed on appeal and proceedings for the offence are at an end; or
the judicial registrar’s conviction is quashed on appeal but a new trial is ordered; or
the Supreme Court decides under section 53R that there is no proper cause to remove the judicial registrar.
Subsection (2) has effect despite section 53C .
s 53Q ins 2007 No. 37 s 116
(sec.53Q-ssec.1) A judicial registrar is entitled to remuneration during a period of suspension under section 53O (1) or section 53P (1) or (2) .
(sec.53Q-ssec.2) However, but subject to subsection (3) , if a judicial registrar is convicted of an indictable offence, the judicial registrar is not entitled to remuneration on and from the day of the conviction.
(sec.53Q-ssec.3) A judicial registrar who is convicted of an indictable offence is entitled to remuneration during the period the judicial registrar is subject to the conviction if— the judicial registrar’s conviction is quashed on appeal and proceedings for the offence are at an end; or the judicial registrar’s conviction is quashed on appeal but a new trial is ordered; or the Supreme Court decides under section 53R that there is no proper cause to remove the judicial registrar.
(sec.53Q-ssec.4) Subsection (2) has effect despite section 53C .
- (a) the judicial registrar’s conviction is quashed on appeal and proceedings for the offence are at an end; or
- (b) the judicial registrar’s conviction is quashed on appeal but a new trial is ordered; or
- (c) the Supreme Court decides under section 53R that there is no proper cause to remove the judicial registrar.