Courts of Conciliation Act Amendment Act of 1931 (22 Geo v No. 42) (Qld)

13778 JUSTICES. CourtsofConciliationActAmendmentAct. 22 GEO. V. No. 42, JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, REGULATION REPORTS. See PRINTING AND NEWSPAPERS. OF JUSTICES. 22 N G o E . O4. 2 v . . An Act to Amend "The Courts of Conciliation Act of THE COURTS 1892" in certain particulars. OF CON- CILIATION [ASSENTED TO 24TH DECEMBER, 1931.] ACT AMENDMENT BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, ACT OF 1931. by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled,- and by the authority of the same, as follows:- Short title satnrudcctioonn-. 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as "The CourtsofConciliation Act AmendmentAct o 'J f 1931," and shall be read as one w,th *"The Courts of Conciliation Act of 1892," herein referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may collectively be cited as "The Courts of Conciliation Acts, 1892 to 1931." Act to be t(2.) This Act shall come into operation on a date proclaimed. to be proclaimed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette. Amendments of the Principal Act. Section 2. 2. Section two of the Principal Act is amended as follows:- (a) The definition of "Local Authority" is repealed. (b) The definition of " Conciliation Justice" is repealed and the following definition is inserted in lieu thereof, namely:- Conciliation ,Justice. " "Conciliation Justice "-A Police Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate, and any Justice of the Peace appointed by the Governor in Council as a' Conciliation Justice for the District for the purposes of this Act." * 56 Vic. No. 12, supra, page 1225. t Proclamation issued bringing Act into force as from 1st February, 1932. (Gazette, page 462.)

1931. JUSTICES. Courts of Conciliation Act. Amendment Act. 13779 3. Section three of the Principal Act is repealed and Section 3. the following section is inserted in lieu thereof :- " [3.] (1.) A Police Magistrate or an acting Police Appoint. Magistrate, by virtue of his holding office as a Police ~ : : : il~ ! tion Magistrate or an acting Police Magistrate, shall, ipso Jus~ ices­ facto, for all purposes of this Act be and be deemed to ~ ~~ ~ =trates be a Conciliation Justice, and as such may have the ~ o be powers, authorl' tl' es, and J . Ufl . S d 1 ' 0 tI' On 0 f a Concili' atI'On ~ C p o 8 n 0 c f i a l c ia to tion Justice in any District. Justices. (2.) The Governor in Council, on the nomination of Con~ iliation the Attorney-General, may appoint a Justice of the JustICes. Peace to be a Conciliation Justice for the District for the purposes of this Act. Two or more Conciliation Justices may be appointed under this subsection for the same District." 4. In section four, after the words "Conciliation Section 4. Justice" the words "other than a Police Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate" are inserted. 5. In section five, after the words "Conciliation Section 5. Justice" the words "other than a Police Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate" are inserted. 6. A new paragraph is added to section eight as Section S. follows :- " Where the Conciliation Justice is a Conciliation Justice by virtue of his holding office as a Police Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate, such Conciliation Justice on so declining to act under this Act shall advise the parties to that effect, but shall not be debarred from subsequently hearing and adjudicating on the dispute in any jurisdiction had and possessed by such Police . Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate." 7. In section ten the word "five" is repealed and Section 10. the word " twenty" is inserted in lieu thereof. The following proviso is also added to the said section :- "Provided that where the Conciliation Justice is a Conciliation Justice by virtue of his holding office as a Police Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate, any such fee so received shall be paid by him into the Consolidated Revenue."

13780 JUSTICES. Courts of Conciliation Act Amendment Act. 22 GEO. V. No.42, 1931. Section 12. 8. In section twelve the words" the amount of the fee paid to the Justice by the person who made the request" are repealed and the words" ten pounds" are inserted in lieu thereof. SectiC'n 16. 9. Section sixteen is amended by adding the following words thereto, namely ;-" and where the Conciliation ,Justice is a Police Magistrate or an acting Police Magistrate by virtue of his holding office as Police Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate, proceedings shall be heard in chambers." Section 18. 10. In the second paragraph of section eighteen, after the words "further fee" the words "by each of the parties to the dispute" are inserted; also before the words" one-twentieth" the words" in the whole" are inserted; also the words "forty shillings" are repealed and the words "in the whole eighty shillings" are inserted in lieu thereof; also to the second paragraph the following words are added, namely ;- " Provided that where the Conciliation Justice is a Conciliation Justice by virtue of his holding office as a Police Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate, any such further fee so received shall be paid by him into the Consolidated Revenue." Section 21. 11. In section twenty-one the words "District Court" are repealed and the words" Magistrates Court constituted under *"The ~lJ1agistrate8 Courts Act of 1921"" are inserted. Section 22. 12. In section twenty-two the words "District Court" are repealed and the words" Magistrates Court as aforesaid" are inserted in lieu thereof. Section 25. 13. Section twenty-five is amended by inserting before the words "Any fees" the words "Subject as hereinbefore provided." Schedule. 14. In the Schedule the words "jive shillings" are repealed and a blank space inserted; also before the words "Conciliation Justice" the words "Police Magistrate or acting Police Magistrate (as Conciliation Justice) or" are inserted. -~ - ~~ - -~ ~ ~- ~ -~ ~ - - - ~ - ~ - ~ - - - * 12 Geo. V. No. 22, supra, page 9713.