New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 116

116 Management of Office

(1) The affairs of the State Debt Recovery Office are to be managed and controlled by the Director of the Office in accordance with this Act and the regulations and the guidelines in force under section 120. Any act, matter or thing done in the name of, or on behalf of, the Office by the Director is taken to have been done by the Office.

(2) The functions of the Office of making or issuing orders or warrants under this Act are to be exercised by the Director of the Office or other staff of the Office who are authorised by the Director for the purposes of this section. Any such functions exercised by other staff may be exercised in their own names or in the name of the Director.

(3) The Director and other staff have, in connection with the making or issue of an order or warrant under this Act, the same immunities and protections as officers of a court.