Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00019:clause:2_32amg
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00019
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 32AMG
Character Range: 46598–47166

32AMG  Magistrates—personal capacity

 (1) A function or power conferred on a magistrate by this Part is conferred on the magistrate:
 (a) in a personal capacity; and
 (b) not as a court or a member of a court.

 (2) A magistrate need not accept a function or power conferred.

 (3) A magistrate has, in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power conferred on the magistrate by this Part, the same protection and immunity as if he or she were exercising that function or power as, or as a member of, the court of which the magistrate is a member.