If your circumstances change

The Code of Conduct (PDF, 108.2 KB) for Justices of the Peace requires you to notify the Department of Communities and Justice as soon as practicable of a change in your circumstances. 

You need to notify us about the following:

• a change to your name
• a change to your postal address
• a change to your residential address 
• a change to your email address
• a change to your private mobile, home or business phone number
• a change to the public phone number on which you can be contacted for JP services
• a change to the suburb/s where you provide JP services (only if you are listed on the Public Register)
• being convicted of a criminal offence
• being found guilty of acting dishonestly by any court, tribunal, inquiry, regulatory agency, complaint handling or dispute resolution body or professional business, trade or industry association
• becoming bankrupt or making any debt agreement or personal insolvency agreement
• being disqualified from being involved in the management of any company
• being suspended or disqualified from holding any licence, registration, certificate or membership in relation to any profession, business, trade or industry

You can let us know of a change in your circumstances by logging into JP Online and selecting 'Log a change' on your account homepage.

Changing your name using JP Online

You can only provide JP services using the name that appears on the JP Public Register. If your name has changed, you must notify us as soon as possible by logging into JP Online and completing a 'Change of Name' request. You must not use your new name when performing JP functions until you receive confirmation from us that your name has been updated on the register. 

To change your name on the JP Public Register, you will need to provide:

• evidence that you have legally changed your name, such as a scanned certified copy of your:
  • marriage certificate, or
  • change of name document from the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
• evidence that you currently use the name, such as a scanned certified copy of your:
  • Australian Driver's licence
  • Medicare card
  • Australian Passport, or
  • Seniors Card.

Once you have submitted a Change of Name request, JP Appointment Services will email you to advise the outcome.