New South Wales Consolidated Regulations(DCR Part 43A, rule 1)
(1) For the purposes of section 18FB (1) of the District Court Act 1973 , all of the powers of the District Court are conferred on the judicial registrar of that Court other than:(a) the powers of the Court in its criminal jurisdiction, or(b) the power of the Court to deal with contempt of court.
(2) Subrule (1) (b) does not prevent the judicial registrar from reporting to the District Court constituted by a Judge any allegation of contempt of the Court.