Victorian Current Acts

COURT SECURITY ACT 1980 - SECT 2A

    (1)     The Chief Executive Officer of Court Services Victoria may appoint, in accordance with this section, a person as an authorized officer in relation to any of the following courts—

        (a)     the Supreme Court;

        (b)     the County Court;

        (c)     the Magistrates' Court;

        (d)     the Children's Court;

        (e)     the Coroners Court;

        (f)     VCAT;

        (g)     the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal.

    (2)     The chief executive officer or a clerk of a tribunal, body or person prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (h) of the definition of  court in section 2(1) may appoint, in accordance with this section, a person as an authorized officer in relation to that tribunal, body or person.

    (3)     Before appointing a person under subsection (1) or (2), the relevant decision maker must be satisfied that the person—

        (a)     is competent to exercise the functions conferred on an authorized officer by or under this Act; and

        (b)     is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity; and

        (c)     has agreed in writing to exercise the functions conferred on an authorized officer by or under this Act.

    (4)     In this section—

"relevant decision maker" means—

        (a)     the Chief Executive Officer of Court Services Victoria in relation to a court referred to in subsection (1); or

        (b)     the chief executive officer or a clerk in relation to a tribunal, body or person referred to in subsection (2).

S. 2B inserted by No. 64/1996
s. 20.