Use of retirement titles by persons who retired before this Act commenced
40A Use of retirement titles by persons who retired before this Act commenced
Section 40 applies to a person who held, and had ceased to hold, the office of bail justice before 1 September 2014 in the same way that it applies to a bail justice—
appointed under section 14; or
re-appointed under section 15; or
who holds a prescribed office under section 18.
Section 40 applies to a person who held, and had ceased to hold, the office of justice of the peace before 1 September 2014 in the same way that it applies to a justice of the peace appointed under section 7.
For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), a reference in section 40 to the office of, or service as, a bail justice or justice of the peace is taken to include a reference to that office or service before 1 September 2014.
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