Australian Capital Territory
Justices of the Peace Act 1989    
A1989-44
Republication No 1 (RI)
Effective:  11 May 1989 – 9 November 1999
Republication date of printed version: 31 July 1991
Reissued electronically: 24 September 2013
Act not amended
(republication for initial republication since self-government)

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

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The republished law
This is a republication of the Justices of the Peace Act 1989 effective from 11 May 1989 to 9 November 1999.
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

justices of the peace act 1989
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Reprinted as at 31 July 1991
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
	1.	Short title
	2.	Commencement
	3.	Appointments
	4.	Register
	5.	Appointments—saving
	6.	Register—saving
Schedule
Oath and Affirmation of Office

An Act to provide for the appointment of justices of the peace consequentially upon the repeal of the Seat of Government (Administration) Ordinance 1930
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Justices of the Peace Act 1989.1
Commencement
2.1  (1)  Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.

(2)  The remaining provisions commence on the date of commencement of section 22 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth.
Appointments
3.  (1)  The Minister may, by instrument, appoint such justices of the peace as he or she thinks fit.
(2)  Before commencing to perform the duties of his or her office, a justice of the peace appointed under subsection (1) shall take an oath of office, or make an affirmation of office, before a Judge of the Supreme Court, in accordance with the relevant form in the Schedule.
Register
4.  (1)  The Registrar of the Supreme Court shall keep a register to be known as “The Register of Justices of the Peace of the Australian Capital Territory”.
(2)  Upon the appointment of a justice of the peace, the Registrar shall enter his or her name in the register.
(3)  The Registrar shall strike off the register the name of a person whose appointment as a justice of the peace has ceased.
Appointments—saving
5.  A person who was, immediately before the commencement of section 3, appointed, or to be deemed to have been appointed, as a justice of the peace under the Seat of Government (Administration) Ordinance 1930 shall be deemed to have been appointed under section 3 of this Act upon that commencement.
Register—saving
6.  The Register of Justices of the Peace of the Australian Capital Territory kept under section 17 of the Seat of Government (Administration) Ordinance 1930 immediately before the date of commencement of section 4 of this Act shall be deemed to be a part of the register kept under section 4 of this Act.

	Schedule	Subsection 3 (2)
Oath and Affirmation of Office
Oath
I, A.B., do swear that I will well and truly serve in the office of justice of the peace of the Australian Capital Territory
So help me God!

affirmation
I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will well and truly serve in the office of justice of the peace of the Australian Capital Territory.

NOTE
1.	Act No. 44, 1989; notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 May 1989; ss. 1 and 2 commenced on 10 May 1989; remainder commenced on 11 May 1989 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1989, No. S164).
	Citation of Laws—The Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989  (No. 21, 1989) altered the citation of most Ordinances so that after Self-Government day they are to be cited as Acts.  That Act also affects references in ACT laws to Commonwealth Acts.

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