Schedule 7 Amendment of Justices of the Peace Act 2002 No 27

(Section 3)

[1]   Section 7 Oaths of office to be taken

Insert at the end of the section:

  

(2)  A person who is re-appointed as a justice of the peace is not required to take another oath of office if the person held office as a justice of the peace immediately before that re-appointment.

[2]   Schedule 1 Savings and transitional provisions

Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):

  

Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2005

[3]   Schedule 1, clause 3

Insert after clause 2:

  

3   Amendments made by Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2005

The amendment made to section 7 by the Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2005 applies to any re-appointment made on or after the commencement of that amendment, regardless of when the person being re-appointed was first appointed as a justice of the peace.