New Zealand Legislation: Acts

11E Functions of Chief Community Magistrate

• (1) The functions of the Chief Community Magistrate include—

  • (a) the undertaking of appropriate measures to ensure that the integrity of the office of Community Magistrate is maintained and that the Community Magistrates operate effectively and efficiently within the framework of the District Courts:

  • (b) such other functions as are conferred on the Chief Community Magistrate by regulations made under section 123 or by any other enactment.

  (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Chief Community Magistrate—

  • (a) may sit as a Community Magistrate and exercise the jurisdiction specified in this Act:

  • (b) is to be consulted by the Chief District Court Judge, in accordance with section 11C(2), with regard to the rostering of Community Magistrates:

  • (c) may be involved in the design and implementation of training programmes for Community Magistrates in consultation with the Ministry of Justice and the Chief District Court Judge:

  • (d) may, where appropriate, liaise with interested persons on matters affecting the office of Community Magistrate.

  Section 11E: inserted, on 30 June 1998, by section 3 of the District Courts Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 76).

  Section 11E(2)(c): amended, on 1 October 2003, pursuant to section 14(1) of the State Sector Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 41).