Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Chief Executive and Principal Registrar has the function of acting on behalf of, and assisting, the Justices in the administration of the affairs of the High Court under section 17 and has such other functions as are conferred on him or her by this Act or are assigned to him or her by the Court.
(2) The Chief Executive and Principal Registrar has power to do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of his or her functions and, in particular, has power, on behalf of the Court, to give directions in writing for the purpose of regulating the conduct of persons on any land or in any building referred to in paragraph 17(2)(d).
(3) Where directions are given by the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar under subsection (2):
(a) a copy of the directions shall be published in the Gazette ; and
(b) the directions have effect on and from the date of publication.
(4) The provisions of section 48 (except paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and subsection (2)) and sections 48A, 48B and 49 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply, by force of this section, to directions given under subsection (2) of this section in like manner as those provisions apply to regulations.
(5) Nothing in the provisions applied by subsection (4) affects the operation of a direction given under subsection (2) at any time before the direction becomes void, or is disallowed, in accordance with those provisions.
(6) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a direction in force under subsection (2) is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $100.
(6A) Subsection (6) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(7) In the performance of his or her functions and the exercise of his or her powers the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar shall comply with any directions given to him or her by the Court.
(8) Nothing in this section affects the power of the Court to punish contempts of the Court.