Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN'S COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1988 - SECT 12A

12A .         President may assign duties to magistrates

        (1)         The President, by directions given from time to time to a person who is a magistrate, may —

            (a)         specify which case or cases, or class or classes of case, the person is to deal with; and

            (b)         specify which administrative duties the person is to perform for the time being; and

            (c)         specify where, when and at what times to deal with those cases or perform those duties.

        (2)         A direction given under subsection (1) must relate only to the person’s functions as a magistrate of the Court.

        (3)         A direction given to a magistrate under subsection (1) does not limit the functions of the magistrate.

        (4)         A magistrate must comply with a direction given under subsection (1).

        (5)         A contravention of subsection (4) is not an offence.

        (6)         The Chief Magistrate is not entitled, under the Magistrates Court Act 2004 or any other law, to direct a person to perform functions as a magistrate of the Court or in relation to the performance of those functions.

        [Section 12A inserted: No. 2 of 2022 s. 8.]