Justices of the Peace Act 1989
- Number
- A1989-44
- Status
- In Force
Notes
- A current list of Justices of the Peace is available on the Access Canberra website.
- Current law
- Regulations & instruments
- Point-in-time versions
- Law history
Current version
| Effective | Files/Formats | Version | Published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 December 2023 | HTMLPDFWord | R8 | 12 December 2023 | Republication for amendments by A2023-57 |
Administering Minister and Directorate
- Attorney-General - Justice and Community Safety Directorate
Legislative instruments
Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws
| Name | Status | Classifier | Type | Under | Effective | Year and No |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2002 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 25 March 2002 | DI2002-25 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2002 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 25 October 2002 | DI2002-183 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2002 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 24 December 2002 | DI2002-233 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2001 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 23 August 2001 | DI2001-242 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2000 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 21 December 2000 | DI2000-367 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment of Justices of the Peace 2003 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 5 August 2003 | DI2003-242 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 1999 | None | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 24 November 1999 | DI1999-266 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2000 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 15 June 2000 | DI2000-150 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2000 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 16 March 2000 | DI2000-87 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 1999 | None | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 9 June 1999 | DI1999-103 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 1999 | None | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 5 May 1999 | DI1999-85 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 1999 | None | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 7 April 1999 | DI1999-55 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 1999 | None | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 27 January 1999 | DI1999-5 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 1999 | None | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 13 January 2000 | DI1999-304 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 1998 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 27 February 1998 | DI1998-62 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 1998 | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 9 January 1998 | DI1998-4 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2004 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Disallowable instruments | s 3 | 20 February 2004 | DI2004-23 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2004 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 19 February 2004 | NI2004-39 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2004 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 27 August 2004 | NI2004-307 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2005 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 8 February 2005 | NI2005-43 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment Revocation 2005(Repealed) | Repealed | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 4 March 2005 - 5 March 2005 | NI2005-101 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2005 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 22 July 2005 | NI2005-265 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2005 (No 3) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 30 September 2005 | NI2005-355 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2006 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 20 January 2006 | NI2006-15 |
| Justices of the Peace | None | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 6 January 1992 | NI1992-3 | |
| Justices of the Peace (Eligibility) Guideline 2006(Repealed) | Repealed | Disallowable instruments | s 2 | 10 October 2006 - 19 September 2011 | DI2006-216 | |
| Justices of the Peace (Role) Guideline 2006(Repealed) | Repealed | Disallowable instruments | s 3A | 10 October 2006 - 3 October 2013 | DI2006-217 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment Revocation 2006(Repealed) | Repealed | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3B | 27 October 2006 - 28 October 2006 | NI2006-382 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2007 | None | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 2 February 2007 | NI2007-41 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2007 (No 2) | None | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 17 March 2007 | NI2007-82 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2008 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 19 February 2008 | NI2008-48 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2008 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 19 February 2008 | NI2008-49 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2008 (No 3)(Repealed) | Repealed | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 1 July 2008 - 7 July 2008 | NI2008-248 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2008 (No 4) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 8 July 2008 | NI2008-241 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2008 (No 5) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 15 August 2008 | NI2008-338 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2008 (No 6)(Repealed) | Repealed | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 23 September 2008 - 24 September 2008 | NI2008-446 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2008 (No 7) | None | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 25 September 2008 | NI2008-449 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2009 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 31 July 2009 | NI2009-333 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2009 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 31 July 2009 | NI2009-354 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2010 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 16 April 2010 | NI2010-178 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment Revocation 2010 (No 1)(Repealed) | Repealed | Notifiable instruments | s 3B | 13 July 2010 - 14 July 2010 | NI2010-375 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2010 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 13 July 2010 | NI2010-376 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment Revocation 2010 (No 2)(Repealed) | Repealed | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3B | 24 August 2010 - 25 August 2010 | NI2010-470 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2011 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 18 January 2011 | NI2011-8 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2011 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 23 June 2011 | NI2011-313 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2011 (No 3) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 2 September 2011 | NI2011-508 |
| Justices of the Peace (Eligibility) Guideline 2011 | None | Disallowable instruments | s 2 | 20 September 2011 | DI2011-249 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2011 (No 4) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 25 October 2011 | NI2011-618 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2012 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 15 May 2012 | NI2012-241 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2012 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 21 August 2012 | NI2012-420 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2013 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 30 January 2013 | NI2013-36 |
| Justices of the Peace (Role) Guideline 2013(Repealed) | Repealed | Disallowable instruments | s 3A | 4 October 2013 - 19 May 2016 | DI2013-247 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2013 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 19 October 2013 | NI2013-475 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2013 (No 3) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 31 October 2013 | NI2013-488 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2013 (No 4) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 12 December 2013 | NI2013-574 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2014 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 29 July 2014 | NI2014-351 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2015 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 25 September 2015 | NI2015-547 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2015 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 25 September 2015 | NI2015-548 |
| Justices of the Peace (Role) Guideline 2016 | None | Disallowable instruments | s 3A | 20 May 2016 | DI2016-53 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2016 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 15 July 2016 | NI2016-364 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2016 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 9 August 2016 | NI2016-430 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment Revocation 2016 (No 1)(Repealed) | Repealed | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 9 September 2016 - 10 September 2016 | NI2016-500 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2017 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 28 March 2017 | NI2017-138 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2017 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 7 July 2017 | NI2017-360 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2017 (No 3) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 20 October 2017 | NI2017-534 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2018 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 2 March 2018 | NI2018-107 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2018 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 13 June 2018 | NI2018-309 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2018 (No 3) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 9 November 2018 | NI2018-596 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2019 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 24 May 2019 | NI2019-290 |
| Justices of the Peace (Course) Approval 2019 | None | Notifiable instruments | DI2011-249 cl 1 (f) | 25 June 2019 | NI2019-397 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2019 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 8 November 2019 | NI2019-704 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2019 (No 3) | None | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 24 December 2019 | NI2019-800 | |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2020 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 24 January 2020 | NI2020-41 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2021 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 6 July 2021 | NI2021-408 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2022 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 1 July 2022 | NI2022-339 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2023 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 24 March 2023 | NI2023-144 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2023 (No 2) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 3 August 2023 | NI2023-462 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2023 (No 3) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 31 October 2023 | NI2023-661 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2024 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 31 July 2024 | NI2024-420 |
| Justices of the Peace Appointment 2025 (No 1) | None | Appointment | Notifiable instruments | s 3 | 27 May 2025 | NI2025-271 |
Point-in-time versions
| Effective | Files/Formats | Version | Published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 December 2023 | HTMLPDFWord | R8 | 12 December 2023 | Republication for amendments by A2023-57 |
| 12 April 2023 - 11 December 2023 | HTMLPDFWord | R7 | 12 April 2023 | Republication for amendments by A2023-13 |
| 28 September 2010 - 11 April 2023 | HTMLPDFWord | R6 | 28 September 2010 | Republication for amendments by A2010-30 |
| 12 March 2005 - 27 September 2010 | HTMLPDFWord | R5 | 12 March 2005 | Republication for amendments by A2005-11 |
| 14 July 2004 - 11 March 2005 | HTMLPDFWord | R4 | 14 July 2004 | Republication for commenced expiry |
| 13 July 2004 - 13 July 2004 | HTMLPDFWord | R3 | 13 July 2004 | Republication for amendments by A2004-32 |
| 12 September 2001 - 12 July 2004 | HTMLPDFWord | R2 | 12 March 2002 | Republication for amendments by A2001-44 |
| 8 March 2001 - 11 September 2001 | HTMLPDFWord | R1B | 24 September 2013 | Republication for amendments by A2001-9 |
| 10 November 1999 - 7 March 2001 | HTMLPDFWord | R1A | 24 September 2013 | Republication for amendments by A1999-66 |
| 11 May 1989 - 9 November 1999 | HTMLPDFWord | R1 (RI) | 24 September 2013 | Republication for initial republication since self-government Reissued electronic republication of printed version |
| 11 May 1989 | HTMLPDFWord | As notified | 10 May 1989 | This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4)) |
Notification statement
The Justices of the Peace Ordinance 1989 was notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 10 May 1989 (Cwlth Gaz 1989 No S160).
(Parliamentary Counsel)
Ordinance as notified
| Date notified | Effective | Files/Formats | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 1989 | 11 May 1989 | HTMLPDFWord | This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4)) |
Explanatory statement
| Version | Published | Files/Formats |
|---|---|---|
| As presented | 10 May 1989 | PDFPDF |
Commencement
| Provision | Commencement date | Commencement method |
|---|---|---|
| s 1, s 2 | 10 May 1989 | s 2 (1) |
| remainder | 11 May 1989 | s 2 (2) and see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth), s 2 (2) and Cwlth Gaz 1989 No S164 |
Expiries
| Provision | Expiry date | Expiry method |
|---|---|---|
| s 7 | 13 July 2004 (midnight) | s 7 (2) |
Amendments
For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.
| Year and number | Amending law | Amending provision | Commencement date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A2010-30 | Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (No 2) | sch 1 pt 1.13 | 28 September 2010 |
| A2005-11 | Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No 2) | pt 4 | 12 March 2005 |
| A2004-32 | Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2004 (No 2) | pt 11 | 13 July 2004 |
| A2001-44 | Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 | pt 203 | 12 September 2001 |
| A2001-9 | Justice and Community Safety Amendment Act 2001 | sch 1 | 8 March 2001 |
| A1999-66 | Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 | sch 3 | 10 November 1999 |
| A2023-13 | Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 | pt 5 | 12 April 2023 |
| A2023-57 | Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (No 3) | pt 11 | 12 December 2023 |