24Appointment of magistrate as President or Acting President not to affect tenure, &c.

24 Appointment of magistrate as President or Acting President not to affect tenure, &c.

(1)  The appointment of a person, who is a magistrate, as the President under section 12(2) or as the Acting President under section 21 , does not affect –

(a) the person’s tenure of office or status as a magistrate; or

(b) subject to section 13 , the payment of the person’s salary or allowances as a magistrate; or

(c) despite any other Act, including the Magistrates Court Act 1987 , the ability of the person to do anything in the person’s capacity as a magistrate, including constituting the Magistrates Court or exercising the jurisdiction of the Magistrates Court; or

(d) any other right or privilege that the person has as a magistrate.

(2)  Service in the office of the President, or service as the Acting President, is taken, for all purposes, in relation to a person who is a magistrate and who was, when a magistrate, appointed to serve in the office of the President or Acting President, to constitute service as a magistrate.