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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 2 Hansard (10 March) . . Page.. 538 ..

Amendment (by Mr Osborne ) agreed to:

Page 2, line 10, after proposed new section 20, insert the following section:

"20AA. Deputy Childrens Court Magistrate

'(1) The Chief Magistrate shall, by instrument, designate a magistrate (other than the Childrens Court Magistrate) to be the Deputy Childrens Court Magistrate.

'(2) An instrument under subsection (1) may designate the Chief Magistrate to be the Deputy Childrens Court Magistrate.

'(3) A magistrate shall not be designated to be the Deputy Childrens Court Magistrate for a period of less than 1 year.

'(4) Where a person is designated under subsection (1) -

(a) a reference in a law of the Territory (including this Act) to the Childrens Court Magistrate includes a reference to that person; and

(b) that person has all the powers, functions and duties conferred or imposed upon the Childrens Court Magistrate by this Act or by any other law of the Territory.".

Amendment (by Mr Osborne ) agreed to:

Page 2, line 19, proposed new section 20B, add the following subsection:

"(2) Subsection (1) does not by implication preclude a magistrate (being a magistrate other than the Childrens Court Magistrate) from exercising a power or performing a function conferred on a magistrate under a provision of this Act.".

Clause, as amended, agreed to.

MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Osborne, it has been drawn to my attention that amendment No. 5, proposing two new clauses, clauses 5A and 5B, is out of order in that proposed clause 5B does not come within the title of the Bill. Therefore, I am obliged under standing order 181 to rule it out of order.

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