34:1A-12.2. Referee, qualifications of Any person hereafter appointed as a 'referee,' 'referee, formal hearings,' 'supervising referee,' or 'supervising referee, formal hearings' shall be an attorney-at-law of the State of New Jersey, except that a referee or a referee, formal hearings who, on July 1, 1966, had been a referee or a referee, formal hearings for a period of not less than 5 years may be appointed as a 'referee,' 'referee, formal hearings,' or as a 'supervising referee' or 'supervising referee, formal hearings,' notwithstanding that he is not such an attorney-at-law. L.1952, c. 269, p. 921, s. 6. Amended by L.1960, c. 57, p. 486, s. 1; L.1967, c. 128, s. 1, eff. June 22, 1967.
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