If a judicial officer, a person acting judicially or a person who, or court or body that, is authorised under the law of a jurisdiction outside Victoria to take or receive evidence on oath or affirmation in that jurisdiction appoints a person to take or receive evidence in Victoria—
(a) if the person appointed is a court, a judicial officer or a person acting judicially, that person has the power to take or receive that evidence; or
(b) in any other case, that person only has the power to take or receive the evidence if the person has first obtained the consent of the Attorney-General.