Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) In this section –
"federal judicial officer" means a Judge of the Federal Court or a Federal Magistrate.
(2) A function conferred on a federal judicial officer by this Act is conferred on the federal judicial officer in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court but the federal judicial officer need not accept the function conferred.
(3) Anything done or made by a federal judicial officer under this Act has effect only by virtue of this Act and is not to be taken by implication to be done or made by a court.
(4) A federal judicial officer performing a function under this Act has the same protection and immunity as if he or she were performing that function as, or as a member of, a court (being the court of which the federal judicial officer is a member).