Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A judicial officer is an issuing officer for the purposes of exercising powers under this Part to determine:
(a) whether a provision subject to monitoring under this Part has been, or is being, complied with; or
(b) whether information subject to monitoring under this Part is correct; or
(c) a matter subject to monitoring under this Part;
if an Act provides that the judicial officer is an issuing officer in relation to that provision, information or matter for the purposes of this Part.
(2) A judicial officer who is an issuing officer for the purpose of exercising powers mentioned in subsection (1) is also an issuing officer for the purposes of exercising other powers under this Part that are incidental to the powers mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), an Act may provide that a judicial officer is an issuing officer in relation to a provision, information or a matter for the purposes of this Part by:
(a) providing that a judicial officer of a specified class is an issuing officer in relation to the provision, information or matter for the purposes of this Part; or
(b) authorising another person to specify that a
judicial officer, or a judicial officer of a specified class, is an
issuing officer in relation to the provision, information or matter for the
purposes of this Part.