Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A registrar has the following powers in addition to those conferred on him or her by this or any other Act—
(a) power to issue any process out of the Court;
S. 539(1)(b) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 20.8).
(b) power to administer an oath or affirmation;
(c) with the consent of the parties to a proceeding in the Family Division, power to extend an interim accommodation order of a kind referred to in section 263(1)(a) or 263(1)(b) made in respect of a child appearing on a return date in relation to the proceeding;
S. 539(1)(d) substituted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(a).
(d) power to abridge or extend the bail of a person who has been granted bail in relation to a criminal proceeding;
S. 539(1)(e) amended by No. 53/2016 s. 92(a).
(e) power to endorse a warrant to arrest in accordance with section 62 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 ;
S. 539(1)(f) inserted by No. 53/2016 s. 92(b), amended by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(b).
(f) power to make a declaration under Division 4 of Part 7 of the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 ;
S. 539(1)(g) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(c).
(g) power to adjourn a criminal proceeding or a proceeding under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 , the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 or the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 ;
S. 539(1)(h) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(c).
(h) power to abridge or extend the adjournment of a criminal proceeding or a proceeding under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 , the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 or the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 ;
S. 539(1)(i) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(c).
(i) power to otherwise change the time or place at which a criminal proceeding or a proceeding under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 , the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 or the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 is listed before the Court.
S. 539(2) amended by No. 11/2021 s. 41(2).
(2) Nothing in this section empowers a registrar to vary the amount or conditions of bail.
S. 539(3) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(3).
(3) The power under subsection (1)(d) to abridge or extend the bail of a person may be exercised—
(a) at any time, including on the day on which the person's proceeding is listed before the Court; and
(b) either in the presence or absence of the person.
S. 539(4) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(3).
(4) The powers under subsection (1)(g), (h) and (i) in respect of a proceeding may be exercised—
(a) at any time, including on the day on which the proceeding is listed before the Court; and
(b) either in the presence or absence of the parties.
S. 539(5) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(3).
(5) The powers under subsection (1)(d), (g), (h) and (i) may be exercised—
(a) on the application of a party; or
(b) on the registrar's own initiative.