Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094:section:290
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 290
Character Range: 280575–281174

290  Powers of magistrates
 (1) A 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) The magistrate need not accept the power conferred.
 (3) A magistrate exercising a power conferred by this Part has the same protection and immunity as if he or she 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.

Part 5—Civil penalty supporting provisions

Division 1—Obtaining a civil penalty order