Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The sheriff shall
be an officer of the Supreme Court, and shall be charged with the service and
execution of all writs, applications, summonses, rules, orders, warrants,
precepts, process and commands of the Court which are directed to him, and
shall make such return of the same to the Court together with the manner of
the execution thereof as he is thereby required, and shall take, receive, and
detain all persons who are committed to his custody by the Court, and shall
discharge all such persons when thereunto directed by the Court or the law.
(2) The sheriff is
also an officer of the District Court and the Magistrates Court and has the
same functions in respect of those courts as in respect of the Supreme Court,
including those under subsection (1).
(3) The sheriff may
delegate to a bailiff appointed under the Civil Judgments Enforcement Act
2004 , on any terms the sheriff thinks fit, the performance of any function
under subsection (1).
(4) If a delegation is
made under subsection (3), the Civil Judgments Enforcement Act 2004 section
109(2) and (4) to (8) apply with any necessary changes.
[Section 156 amended: No. 59 of 2004 s. 128; No. 5
of 2008 s. 120.]
[ 157. Deleted: No. 59 of 2004 s. 128.]