Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00173:section:146
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00173
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 146
Character Range: 178670–179194

146  Powers of magistrates
 (1) A power conferred on a magistrate by this Division is conferred on the magistrate:
 (a) in a personal capacity; and
 (b) not as a court or a member of a court.
 (2) The magistrate need not accept the power conferred.
 (3) A magistrate exercising a power conferred by this Division has the same protection and immunity as if the magistrate were exercising the power:
 (a) as the court of which the magistrate is a member; or
 (b) as a member of the court of which the magistrate is a member.