New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SUPREME COURT ACT 1970 - SECT 120A

120A Exercise of powers of registrar and deputy registrar by other officers

(1A) The registrar of the Court of Criminal Appeal may, subject to the rules, exercise the powers of a registrar of the Supreme Court and, when exercising those powers, is taken to be a registrar of the Supreme Court.

(1B) An officer of the Court of Criminal Appeal may, subject to the rules, exercise the powers of an officer of the Supreme Court and, when exercising those powers, is taken to be an officer of the Supreme Court.

(1) The Chief Justice may, by order in writing, authorise a particular court officer, or a court officer of a particular class, to exercise the powers of deputy registrar of the Supreme Court.

(2) A court officer so authorised may exercise the powers conferred on a deputy registrar of the Court by or under this Act and, when exercising those powers, is taken to be a deputy registrar of the Court.

(3) A court officer so authorised may also exercise the powers conferred on a registrar of the Court by or under this Act or the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 , if he or she is authorised to do so by the Chief Justice by the order referred to in subsection (1) or by further order in writing.

Note--: The Criminal Appeal Act 1912 confers power on a registrar of the Court to exercise the powers conferred on a registrar of the Court of Criminal Appeal.

(4) In this section--

"court officer" means--

(a) an officer of the Supreme Court, or

(b) a registrar of the Local Court or an employee of the Department of Justice who is employed in the Local Court.