Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) In this section—
S. 35(1) def. of federal judicial officer amended by No. 68/2013 s. 19(2).
federal judicial officer means a Judge of the Federal Court or a Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.
(2) A function conferred on a federal judicial officer by this Act is conferred on the federal judicial officer in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court. The federal judicial officer need not accept the function conferred.
(3) Anything done or made by a federal judicial officer under this Act has effect only by virtue of this Act and is not to be taken by implication to be done or made by a court.
(4) A federal judicial officer performing a function under this Act has the same protection and immunity as if he or she were performing that function as, or as a member of, a court (being the court of which the federal judicial officer is a member).