Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING ACT 2006 (NO. 169, 2006) - SECT 160

Functions conferred personally

             (1)  The functions conferred on a magistrate by section 159 are conferred on the magistrate:

                     (a)  in a personal capacity; and

                     (b)  not as a court or a member of a court.

Functions need not be accepted

             (2)  The magistrate need not accept the functions conferred.

Protection and immunity

             (3)  A magistrate performing a function conferred by section 159 has the same protection and immunity as if he or she were performing the function:

                     (a)  as the court of which the magistrate is a member; or

                     (b)  as a member of the court of which the magistrate is a member.