Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where under this
Act the Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a charge of an offence,
the President may, by notice in writing given to a magistrate, direct and
empower the magistrate to hear and determine the charge under this section.
(2) A magistrate who
is directed to hear and determine a particular charge of an offence under this
section shall, notwithstanding section 21(2), in respect of that charge have
extended powers of sentencing as if that magistrate were a judge.
(3) In the case of a
charge which is to be heard and determined by a magistrate under this section,
the magistrate must when the trial begins inform the person charged of the
extended powers conferred on the magistrate under this section.
(4) This section does
not apply in respect of an offence of a kind that can be determined only by
the Supreme Court where the person charged with the offence is not a child.
[Section 22 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]