Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Regulation 2017 (Qld)

Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Regulation 2017

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Regulation 2017.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 2 September 2017.

3 Dictionary The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this regulation.

4 Application for appointment (1) This section applies in relation to an application for appointment under section 15A(1) of the Act. (2) The approved form for the application must— (a) include provision for the member of the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district in which the applicant lives (the local member) to nominate the applicant for appointment; and (b) include provision for a person mentioned in subsection (3) to nominate the applicant for appointment; and (c) state that a nomination mentioned in paragraph (b) may be completed instead of a nomination by the local member if, because of time, distance or business reasons, it is inconvenient for the applicant to call on the local member. (3) For subsection (2)(b), the persons are— (a) if the applicant seeks appointment to perform functions in a financial institution or insurance office (the institution)—the general manager of the institution; or (b) if the applicant seeks appointment to perform functions in a department or Commonwealth department—the chief executive of the department or Commonwealth department; or (c) if the applicant does not seek appointment to perform functions in an institution, department or Commonwealth department—a member of a parliament in Australia. (4) The approved form must include provision for the nominator to state each of the following— (a) if the nominator is the local member—the nominator is satisfied the applicant lives in the nominator's electoral district; (b) if the nominator is a person mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b)—the reason it is more convenient for the applicant to be nominated by the general manager of the institution, or by the chief executive of the department or Commonwealth department, than to call on the local member; Example of a reason for paragraph (b)— The applicant works during business hours. (c) whether the applicant is suitable for appointment having regard to the applicant's character and standing in the community. (5) If the applicant has completed a pre-appointment training course, the application must be accompanied by evidence to the satisfaction of the chief executive that the applicant has completed the course. (6) In this section— electoral district means an electoral district under the Electoral Act 1992. pre-appointment training course see section 16(3) of the Act.