Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) If a matter before a Judge of the Court, which matter would not otherwise be within the authority of an Associate Judge, appears to the Judge to be proper for the determination of an Associate Judge, the Judge of the Court, by order, may refer the matter to an Associate Judge.
(2) If a Judge of the Court refers a matter to an Associate Judge, the Associate Judge may—
(a) hear and determine the matter, subject to any directions in the order referring the matter; or
(b) refer the matter back to the Judge of the Court in accordance with Rule 77.04.
(3) In hearing and determining a matter referred by a Judge of the Court to an Associate Judge, the Associate Judge has the same powers as a Judge of the Court would have in hearing and determining such a matter, subject to any directions in the order referring the matter.
(4) Despite paragraph (1), a Judge of the Court shall not refer to an Associate Judge any matter under Part 2 or Part 2A of the Confiscation Act 1997 .