Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A reference in any Act or document to—
(a) a police magistrate; or
(b) justices in petty sessions or a Court of Petty Sessions (however constituted); or
(c) a place for holding Courts of Petty Sessions (however constituted); or
(d) a clerk of petty sessions;
is taken to be a reference to—
(e) a magistrate; or
(f) a Magistrates Court; or
(g) a place for holding Magistrates Courts; or
(h) a clerk of the court;
respectively.
(2) If, by or under any Act, any jurisdiction, function or power is conferred on a police magistrate, the jurisdiction, function or power is taken to have been conferred on a magistrate.