16CAppointment of judicial registrars

16C Appointment of judicial registrars (1) The Chief Magistrate may, at any time, having regard to any guidelines in force under section 16B(1), recommend to the Attorney-General that a judicial registrar, or more than one judicial registrar, of the Court be appointed by the Governor in Council. S. 16C(2) amended by No. 34/2010 s. 50. (2) The Attorney-General, on receiving a recommendation under subsection (1), may recommend to the Governor in Council that a judicial registrar, or more than one judicial registrar, of the Court be appointed under subsection (3). (3) The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Attorney-General, may appoint a person as a judicial registrar of the Court for the period, not exceeding 5 years, specified in his or her instrument of appointment. (4) A person is not eligible for appointment as a judicial registrar unless he or she is— S. 16C(4)(a) substituted by No. 19/2005 s. 6, amended by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch. 2 item 59.3). (a) an Australian lawyer; or (b) enrolled as a legal practitioner of the High Court of Australia. (5) A judicial registrar may be appointed on a full‑time or part-time basis. (6) A judicial registrar, although not appointed on a part-time basis, may, by agreement in writing entered into with the Chief Magistrate, undertake the duties of a judicial registrar on a part-time basis. S. 16C(7) amended by No. 62/2014 s. 91. (7) A judicial registrar is eligible for re-appointment in accordance with this section if the Chief Magistrate recommends to the Attorney-General that the person be re-appointed. (8) The **Public Administration Act 2004** does not apply to a judicial registrar in respect of the office of judicial registrar. S. 16D inserted by No. 19/2005 s. 5.