(1) This section applies in relation to a power conferred on an issuing officer by any of the following:
(a) Part 2 of Chapter 6 (biosecurity risk assessment powers);
(2) The power is conferred on the issuing officer:
(a) in a personal capacity; and
(b) not as a court or a member of a court.
(3) The issuing officer need not accept the power conferred.
(4) An issuing officer exercising the power has the same protection and immunity as if the issuing officer were exercising the power:
(a) as the court of which the issuing officer is a member; or
(b) as a member of the court of which the issuing officer is a
member.