Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 507

S. 507(1) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 50(2).

    (1)     The President, after consulting the Chief Magistrate, may assign any person who is appointed as a magistrate under section 7 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 or as a reserve magistrate to be a magistrate for the Court, whether exclusively or in addition to any other duties.

S. 507(2) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 50(3).

    (2)     In assigning a magistrate or reserve magistrate to be a magistrate for the Court, the President must have regard to the experience of the magistrate or reserve magistrate in matters relating to child welfare.

S. 507(3) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 50(4).

    (3)     The President, after consulting the Chief Magistrate, may at any time revoke the assignment of a magistrate or reserve magistrate.

S. 507(4) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 50(5).

    (4)     Unless his or her assignment is revoked under subsection (3), a magistrate or reserve magistrate who is assigned to be a magistrate for the Court continues to be a magistrate for the Court for so long as he or she holds the office of magistrate or reserve magistrate under the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 .

S. 507(5) repealed by No. 68/2009 s. 72, new  s. 507(5) inserted by No. 5/2013 s. 50(6).

    (5)     A reserve magistrate assigned under this section to be a magistrate for the Court may only exercise powers of a magistrate for the Court when the reserve magistrate is engaged under section 9C of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 to undertake the duties of a magistrate.