Victorian Consolidated Legislation

County Court Act 1958 - SECT 23

Appointment of bailiffs and assistant bailiffs of County Court

23. Appointment of bailiffs and assistant bailiffs of County Court



(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a person other than a sheriff's
officer to be a bailiff of the County Court at any place.

Note In relation to sheriff's officers as bailiffs, see section 12 of the
Sheriff Act 2009.

(1A) A person appointed under subsection (1) need not be an employee in the
public service.



(2) Without affecting the operation of subsection (1) of this section the
member of the police force who is for the time being in charge of any police
station specified for the time being for the purposes of this section by Order
of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette shall be a
bailiff of the County Court at the place or places so specified for the
purposes of this section.

(3) Any such bailiff may from time to time in writing appoint any member of
the police force to assist such bailiff.

(4) The bailiff at Melbourne may from time to time in writing appoint to
assist him any person for the time being licensed under the
Private Agents Act 1966 as a process server.

(5) In this section-

sheriff's officer has the same meaning as in the Sheriff Act 2009.