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JPs on hand to meet demand
MORE Justice of the Peace services will be provided at Rosebud and Rye.
Volunteer JP coordinator Kit Hauptmann said JP hours would be extended at Rosebud police station and a new service to start at the Rye Community House.
Hauptmann said that starting in March there would be JPs at the Rosebud police station for an extra two hours from 4pm to 6pm on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
The new JP signing service would begin at Rye Community House from 11.30am to 1.30pm on the first Friday of each month.
“Our current commitment of three hours, two days a week, Monday and Thursday from 11am to 2pm, at the Rosebud police station still stands,” Hauptmann said.
Hauptmann said it was essential that in today’s hectic, device-dominated lives that a justice of the peace was available at a known, regularly staffed, accessible venue to help people deal with the large volume of paperwork that must be witnessed and signed in a timely and efficient manner.
“The additional lunch time hours at Rye will be an advantage to citizens whom, for many reasons, may not wish to go to a police station signing centre.”
