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Crown Law Office Amendment Act 1995

COOK ISLANDS

Crown Law Office Amendment

1995, No. 2

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Deputy Solicitor-General

1995, No 2

An Act to amend the Crown Law Office Act 1980

(11 October 1995

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. Short Title - This Act may be cited as the Crown Law Office Amendment Act 1995 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Crown Law Office 1980 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act").

2. Deputy Solicitor-General - The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 7, the following new section -

"7A. Deputy Solicitor-General - (1) The Solicitor-General may, with the concurrence of the Attorney-General, appoint a qualified person to act as Deputy Solicitor-General.
(2) No person shall be qualified for appointment as Deputy Solicitor-General unless he or she has been in practice as a barrister or solicitor or both, in the Cook Islands or in a Commonwealth country, or partly in one and partly in the other, for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to not less than 4 years.
(3) The term of appointment, salary and allowances of the Deputy Solicitor-General shall be determined by the Solicitor-General in consultation with the Attorney-General, acting with the concurrence of Cabinet.
(4) The Deputy Solicitor-General shall upon being appointed take and subscribe before the Queen's Representative, the oaths, with the necessary changes, contained in, the Schedule.
(5) The functions of the Deputy Solicitor-General shall be to assist the Solicitor-General, and in the case of absence or inability of the Solicitor-General, shall act in his place. Whilst so acting the Deputy Solicitor-General shall have the same functions and powers as the Solicitor-General.
(6) The Deputy Solicitor-General may resign at any time and may be removed or suspended from office by the Solicitor-General for disability, bankruptcy, neglect of duty or misconduct.

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