Queensland Bills Explanatory Notes

[Index] [Search] [Download] [Bill] [Help]


JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2007

                                       1
              Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2007


Justice and Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2007


Explanatory notes for Amendments to be
moved during consideration in detail by the
Honourable Kerry Shine MP Attorney-General
and Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting
the Premier in Western Queensland

Title of the Bill
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

Objectives of the Amendments
The amendments are intended :
       �   To amend new section 6, definition of "lawyer", of the Bail Act
           1980 as contained in clause 9 of the Bill, to update a reference to
           an Act.
       �   To amend new section 53D of the Magistrates Act 1991 as
           contained in clause 116 of the Bill, to provide that employees of
           public authorities have preserved employment rights if appointed
           as judicial registrars in the Magistrates Court.

Achievement of the Objectives
The Bill achieves the objectives by making amendments to the legislation
as described below.

Estimated Cost for Government Implementation
Nil.

Consistency with Fundamental Legislative Principles
The amendments are consistent with fundamental legislative principles.

 


 

2 Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 Consultation The Chief Magistrate and Legal Aid Queensland were consulted on the amendment in clause 2. Notes on Provisions Clause 1 amends new section 6, definition of "lawyer", of the Bail Act 1980 as contained in clause 9 of the Bill. The amendment updates the reference to the Legal Profession Act 2004 to the Legal Profession Act 2007. Clause 2 amends new section 53D of the Magistrates Act 1991 as contained in clause 116 of the Bill. New section 53D preserves the rights of a public service officer who is appointed as a judicial registrar. The amendment will apply the preservation of rights to a wider category of persons, employed by prescribed authorities. For maximum flexibility the amendment allows for the definition of "prescribed authority" to include any entity declared by regulation to be a prescribed authority for section 53D. Consistent with the absence of any compulsory retirement date for public authority employees, the reference to section 53N(1)(e) in subsection (3) has been removed. The inclusion of that reference would have excluded judicial registrars who retire at 65 from the rights granted by subsection (3). �The State of Queensland 2007

 


[Index] [Search] [Download] [Bill] [Help]