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Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Replacement of rates and miscellaneous matters - Miscellaneous matters

134: Judge, etc, not interested merely by being ratepayer

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"Being a ratepayer doesn't stop Judges or Magistrates from working on a case"

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If you are a Judge, Justice, or Community Magistrate, being a ratepayer does not mean you are interested in a case. You can still be involved in a case even if you have to pay rates. This is because your role in the case is based on your job, not on whether you pay rates or not.

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Miscellaneous matters

134Judge, etc, not interested merely by being ratepayer

  1. A Judge, Justice, or Community Magistrate must not be treated as interested in a case in which he or she is judicially concerned solely because of his or her liability to pay rates.