Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DECLARATIONS AMENDMENT REGULATION 2024 - REG 4

4 Amendment of s 4 (Application for appointment)

(1) Section 4 (1) —
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(1) This section applies in relation to an application for appointment under section 15A(1) of the Act .

(1A) 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.

(2) Section 4 (2) , from ‘However’ to ‘appointment by’—
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For subsection (2)(b), the persons are—

(3) Section 4 (3) , ‘require’—
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include provision for

(4) Section 4 (3) (a) , ‘member of Parliament mentioned in subsection (1) (b) ’—
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local member

(5) Section 4 (3) (b) , ‘ subsection (2) (a) or (b) applies’—
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the nominator is a person mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b)

(6) Section 4 (3) (b) , ‘member’—
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local member

(7) Section 4 (3) (c) and examples—
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(c) whether the applicant is suitable for appointment having regard to the applicant’s character and standing in the community .

(8) Section 4 (4) —
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(9) Section 4 (5) , from ‘training course’ to ‘the Act ’—
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pre-appointment training course

(10) Section 4 (5) , ‘registrar’—
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chief executive

(11) Section 4 (6) and (7) —
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(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 .

(12) Section 4 (1A) to (3) —
renumber as section 4 (2) to (4) .