District Courts Act Amendment Act 1985 (Qld)

849 Q ueen5htn? ANNO TRICESIMO QUARTO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 53 of 1985 An Act to amend the DistrictCourts Act1967-1982 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1985]

850 District Courts Act Amendment Act 1985, No. 53 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the District Courts Act Amendment Act 1985. 2. Citation . (1) In this Act the DistrictCourts Act 1967-1982 is referred to as the Principal Act. (2) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the District Courts Act 1967-1985. 3. Repeal of and new s. 10 . The Principal Act is amended by repealing section 10 and substituting the following section:- "10 . Chairman and Deputy Chairmen of District Courts. (1) The Governor in Council may from time to time, by commission in Her Majesty' s name , appoint one of the Judges of District Courts to be Chairman of District Courts and one or more of the Judges of District Courts (to such number as the Governor in Council thinks fit) to be Deputy Chairman and Deputy Chairmen of District Courts. (2) The Governor in Council, may from time to time, by Order in Council, designate any of the Judges of District Courts as one authorized to act in the office of Chairman of District Courts or of Deputy Chairman of District Courts during the absence from the State or incapacity or unavailability of the Judge who holds the office in question and while -so acting to discharge the functions and exercise the powers of that office. (3) A designation under subsection (2) may be general or may be made in respect of a particular absence, incapacity or unavailability. (4) A person designated under subsection (2) to act in an office shall, while he so acts, be entitled to be paid salary at the rate payable in respect of that office.".