Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1930 - SECT 12

    (1)     Any magistrate out of court or the registrar may do all or any of the following:

        (a)     receive an information;

        (b)     issue a summons or warrant on an information;

        (c)     issue a summons or warrant to compel the attendance of a witness;

        (d)     do anything else that is necessary and preliminary to a hearing.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), if a law in force in the ACT provides that an information or complaint may be laid or made before, or a summons or warrant issued by, a court or justice of the peace, the information or complaint may be laid or made, and the summons or warrant may be issued, by a magistrate or the registrar.