Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997 (34 of 1997)

Schedule 14   Amendment of the Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

1   Subsection 3(1) (definition of magistrate )

Repeal the definition, substitute:

magistrate , except in sections 57 and 67, includes:

(a) a justice of the peace who has power to issue warrants under a law of the State in which the justice holds that office; and

(b) a person who is appointed under section 120 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 of Victoria as a bail justice or is a bail justice because of holding a prescribed office within the meaning of section 121 of that Act.