Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00632:section:51c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00632
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 51C
Character Range: 1056864–1057573

51C  Issuing officers—personal capacity

Powers conferred personally
 (1) A power conferred on an issuing officer by this Part is conferred on the issuing officer:
 (a) in a personal capacity; and
 (b) not as a court, or as a member or an officer of a court.

Powers need not be accepted
 (2) The issuing officer need not accept the power conferred.

Protection and immunity
 (3) An issuing officer exercising a power conferred by this Part has the same protection and immunity as if the issuing officer were exercising the power:
 (a) as the court of which the issuing officer is a member or an officer; or
 (b) as a member or an officer of the court of which the issuing officer is a member or an officer.