Western Australian Current Acts

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT 2004 - SECT 7

7 .         Acts done outside WA or limit of jurisdiction, validity of

        (1)         An act done outside the State in the performance of a function of a JP by a JP in respect of a document intended to take effect inside the State, including the administration of an oath, is as valid and effectual as if the act were done inside the State, unless the act is required by law to be done in the State.

        (2)         If a JP’s commission limits where or the circumstances in which the JP may perform the functions of a JP —

            (a)         an act of the JP performed as part of those functions is not invalid only because it was not done at a place where or in circumstances in which the JP may perform those functions;

            (b)         a summons issued by the JP may be served, and a warrant issued by the JP may be executed, anywhere in the State; and

            (c)         it is not necessary for any document signed by, or recording an act of, the JP to indicate where and in what circumstances it was signed or the act was performed.