A layperson appointed to hear minor criminal cases in a District Court.
he is to reappear before a community magistrate in November
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- The bill enables community magistrates to be appointed on a temporary warrant after they have reached the mandatory retirement age, and also consistent with provision of District Court judges.
- The community magistrate ordered him to undergo an evaluation under the Mentally Impaired Persons Act.
- The demise of JPs sitting on the bench came when the move to community magistrates came into force.
- There was concern when community magistrates were introduced that JPs who had done judicial training and who had experience in courts were sidelined.
- I do not know how many community magistrates there are around, but I know there are still some in Hamilton.
- She appeared in front of a community magistrate at the Rotorua District Court this morning charged under the Dog Control Act 1996.
- The grieving father of a man killed in a wedding day hit-and-run smash is shocked that a community magistrate may have been travelling in the car.
- This legislation provides for retired community magistrates to be appointed as temporary community magistrates, and increases flexibility by enabling judges to work part-time.
- After the judge alerted the court to the fact that he knew her, her case was put before a community magistrate instead.
- He was back at the Auckland District Court today where his new bail application was declined by a community magistrate.