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Magistrates Act 1991
sec.63Remuneration of acting magistrates
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### sec.63 Remuneration of acting magistrates
This section applies if a person held an appointment to act as a magistrate at any time before the commencement of this section.
It is declared that—
the person’s entitlement to remuneration and allowances is, and always has been, limited to an entitlement to remuneration and allowances for the acting period; and
the person’s entitlement to remuneration and allowances for the acting period is the appropriate proportion of the remuneration and the allowances that were payable, at the time the person held the appointment, to a magistrate appointed on a full-time basis.
In this section—
entitlement to remuneration and allowances , of a person, includes the person’s entitlement to leave.
s 63 ins 2008 No. 59 s 89
(sec.63-ssec.1) This section applies if a person held an appointment to act as a magistrate at any time before the commencement of this section.
(sec.63-ssec.2) It is declared that— the person’s entitlement to remuneration and allowances is, and always has been, limited to an entitlement to remuneration and allowances for the acting period; and the person’s entitlement to remuneration and allowances for the acting period is the appropriate proportion of the remuneration and the allowances that were payable, at the time the person held the appointment, to a magistrate appointed on a full-time basis.
(sec.63-ssec.3) In this section— entitlement to remuneration and allowances , of a person, includes the person’s entitlement to leave.
- (a) the person’s entitlement to remuneration and allowances is, and always has been, limited to an entitlement to remuneration and allowances for the acting period; and
- (b) the person’s entitlement to remuneration and allowances for the acting period is the appropriate proportion of the remuneration and the allowances that were payable, at the time the person held the appointment, to a magistrate appointed on a full-time basis.