Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), despite anything in any Act or the rules, any power, duty or act which might have been exercised or performed by the Court constituted by a magistrate may be exercised or performed by the Court constituted by any other magistrate if the Court cannot for any reason be constituted by that first mentioned magistrate.
(2) If this Act or the rules provide that a division of the Court must be constituted by a magistrate assigned to that division, the Court may only be constituted under subsection (1) by a magistrate who is assigned to the relevant division.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, for the purpose of completion of any matter whether under section 9EA or otherwise, the Court may be constituted or continue to be constituted by a reserve magistrate who is a magistrate without reconstitution of the Court despite any interruption in continuity of his or her tenure, appointment or engagement.
Pt 2A (Heading and ss 16B– 16K) inserted by No. 19/2005 s. 5.
Part 2A—Judicial registrars
S. 16B inserted by No. 19/2005 s. 5.