Acts Interpretation Act 1901

PART 5 - GENERAL INTERPRETATION RULES  

SECTION 16C   REFERENCES TO STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE AND MAGISTRATE  

16C(1)    
Where, in an Act, reference is made to a Stipendiary Magistrate, the reference shall be read as including a reference to any Magistrate in respect of whose office an annual salary is payable.

16C(2)    


Where, in an Act passed after the date of commencement of this section, reference is made to a Magistrate, the reference shall be read as a reference to:


(a) a Chief, Police, Stipendiary, Resident or Special Magistrate; or


(b) any other Magistrate in respect of whose office an annual salary is payable.


16C(3)    


In any Act, a reference to a Stipendiary Magistrate or Magistrate includes a reference to a Judge, or an acting Judge, of the Local Court of the Northern Territory.



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