Magistrates Amendment Bill 2015 (Qld)

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Magistrates Amendment Bill 2015

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Magistrates Amendment Bill 2015

Contents Page 1 Short title 2.0... ee ee 4 2 Actamended ......... 0.0 c cece cece eet eens 4 3 Amendment of pt 10, hdg (Transitional provisions) ........... 4 4 Insertion of new pt 10, div8.............. 00. eee eee eee 4 Division 8 Validation provisions for particular magistrates and judicial registrars 67 Definition for div 8.................000..000 08 4 68 Oaths or affirmations taken or made by magistrates . 4 69 Failure of magistrate to take oath or make affirmation 6 70 Oaths or affirmations taken or made by judicial registrars 8

A Bill

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An Act to amend the Magistrates Act 1991 for particular purposes

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Magistrates Amendment Bill 2015

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Magistrates Amendment Act 2015.

Act amended This Act amends the Magistrates Act 1991.

Amendment of pt 10, hdg (Transitional provisions) Part 10, heading, after 'Transitional' — insert—

and validation

Insertion of new pt 10, div 8 Part 10—

insert—

Division 8 Validation provisions for particular magistrates and judicial registrars

67 Definition for div 8 In this division—

repealed regulation means the repealed Magistrates Regulation 2003.

68 Oaths or affirmations taken or made by magistrates

(1) _ This section applies if—

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a person (the magistrate) was appointed under section 5 or 6; and

at any time during the period from and including 12 April 2013 to and including 24 April 2015 the magistrate—

(i) took and subscribed the oath under section 3(1) of the repealed regulation (the 2003 oath); or

(ii) made and subscribed the affirmation under section 3(2) of the repealed regulation (the 2003 affirmation); and