Appointments to Court
81A Appointments to Court
(1) Elizabeth Jane Morris is taken to have been appointed under section 53(1)(b) as a Deputy Chief Judge on and from 29 July 2017.
(2) Sarah Jane McNamara is taken to have been appointed under section 53(1)(c) as a Judge on and from 13 March 2017.
(3) Gregory John Macdonald is taken to have been appointed under section 53(1)(c) as a Judge on and from 31 July 2017.
(4) Richard Johnston Wallace is taken to have been appointed under section 60(1) as an acting Judge for the following periods:
from 1 August 2016 to 31 October 2016;
for a period of 3 months on and from 30 January 2017;
from 2 May 2017 to 1 May 2018;
from 2 May 2018 to 1 May 2019.
(5) Sarah Jane McNamara is taken to have been appointed under section 60(1) as an acting Judge for the period from 5 September 2016 to 18 October 2016.
(6) Richard James Coates is taken to have been appointed under section 60(1) as an acting Judge for the following periods:
for a period of 3 months on and from 30 January 2017;
from 2 May 2017 to 1 May 2018.
(7) The Administrator may make regulations under this Part prescribing:
(a) a person who is taken to have been appointed to a specified position under this Act; and
(b) the period, or the date from which, that appointment is taken to have had effect.
(8) A regulation made under subsection (7) may have retrospective effect for a period:
(a) beginning on, or on and from a date on or after, the day on which section 53 commenced; and
(b) ending immediately before the day on which section 7 of the Local Court Amendment (Judicial Appointments) Act 2018 commenced.
This provision refers to the regulations (may make regulations
, A regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Local Court Regulations 2016
- Local Court (Adoption of Children) Rules 1994
- Local Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Rules 1998
2 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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