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persons when directed by the Court or otherwise required by law.
"(3) A Deputy Sheriff may, subject to any directions of the Sheriff, exercise or perform any of the powers and functions of the Sheriff.
"(4) The Sheriff or a Deputy Sheriff may authorise such persons as he or she thinks fit to assist him or her in the exercise of any power or the performance of any function.
"(5) When the Sheriff or a Deputy Sheriff is a party to a cause in the Court, all writs, summonses, orders, warrants, precepts, process and commands in the cause which should in the ordinary course be directed to him or her shall be directed to such disinterested person as the Court or the Judge appoints, and the person so appointed may execute and return them.".

Informations before Supreme Court
25. Section 21 of the Principal Ordinance is amended:
     (a) by omitting from subsection (1) "Crown Solicitor for the Commonwealth" and substituting "Attorney-General of the Commonwealth or the Director of Public Prosecutions";
     (b) by omitting from subsection (2) "Crown Solicitor for the Commonwealth" and substituting "Director of Public Prosecutions".

PART 7—AMENDMENTS OF THE NORFOLK ISLAND ACT 1979

Principal Act
26. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Norfolk Island Act 19797.

Constitution of Supreme Court
27. (1) Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) "Chief Judge" and substituting "Chief Justice".
(2) Where a person was Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island immediately before the commencement of this section, that person shall be taken to have been appointed Chief Justice of that Court.

Consequential amendments
28. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 3.

PART 8—AMENDMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) ACT 1981

Principal Act
29. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 19818.

Declaration by Minister in relation to coastal waters of a State etc.
30. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended:
     (a) by inserting in paragraph (1) (b) ", or in the coastal waters of," before "that State";
     (b) by inserting in that paragraph ", or in the coastal waters of," before "the Northern Territory".
31. After section 37 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

No time limit for prosecution
"37a. A prosecution for an offence against this Act may be brought at any time.".

Evidence
32. Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:
"(2) In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, evidence of the result of finding out a distance or position by means of an electronic, optical or other device ordinarily used for finding out