WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 235 Powers of magistrates

WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 235

Powers conferred personally

  (1)   A power conferred on a magistrate by Subdivision B is conferred on the magistrate:

  (a)   in a personal capacity; and

  (b)   not as a court or a member of a court.

Powers need not be accepted

  (2)   The magistrate need not accept the power conferred.

Protection and immunity

  (3)   A magistrate exercising a power conferred by Subdivision B has the same protection and immunity as if the magistrate were exercising the power:

  (a)   as the court of which the magistrate is a member; or

  (b)   as a member of the court of which the magistrate is a member.