Magistrates' Court Act 1989
51BTransitional provision—Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Officers) Act 2013—part-time magistrates
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51B Transitional provision—Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Officers) Act 2013—part-time magistrates
A magistrate who was a part-time magistrate as defined in section 3(1) immediately before the repeal of that definition by the Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Officers) Act 2013, on and from that repeal—
(a) continues to hold the office of magistrate; and
(b) is taken to be serving under a part-time service arrangement on the same terms as applied to the magistrate in his or her capacity as a part-time magistrate.
Sch. 8 cl. 52 inserted by No. 58/2013 s. 52.