Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION (ACT) ACT 2003 - SECT 38

    (1)     In this section:

federal judicial officer means—

        (a)     a judge of the Federal Court; or

        (b)     a judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2).

    (2)     A function given to a federal judicial officer by this Act is given to the federal judicial officer in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court.

    (3)     The federal judicial officer need not accept the function given.

    (4)     Anything done or made by a federal judicial officer under this Act has effect only because of this Act and is not to be taken by implication to be done or made by a court.

    (5)     A federal judicial officer exercising a function under this Act has the same protection and immunity as if the officer were exercising that function as, or as a member of, the court of which the federal judicial officer is a member.