Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (154 of 2020)

Schedule 1 Amendments of Territory Acts

Insert:

court officer , of a State or Territory that is an applied law jurisdiction, means a person holding, occupying or exercising the powers of:

(a) any of the following offices in a court of that jurisdiction:

(i) Judge;

(ii) Magistrate (however described);

(iii) Master;

(iv) Registrar (however described);

(v) Clerk (however described);

(vi) Sheriff (however described);

(vii) Bailiff (however described); or

(b) any other office, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph, of a court of that jurisdiction.

law of an applied law jurisdiction : see subsection 18A(6).

Norfolk Island : see the definition of Territory .

power includes a function or duty, and, in that context, exercise means perform.