432Assessment officers

432  Assessment officers

 (1) An assessment officer is:

 (a) a person:

 (i) who is a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, or a Judge of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory; and

 (ii) in relation to whom a consent under subsection 433(1), and a declaration under subsection 433(2), are in force; or

 (b) a person in relation to whom a nomination is in force under section 434 (a nominated ART member).

 (2) A function or power conferred on a Judge by this Division is conferred on the Judge in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court.

 (3) A Judge has, in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power conferred on an assessment officer by this Division, the same protection and immunity as if the Judge were performing that function, or exercising that power, as, or as a member of, a court (being the court of which the Judge is a member).

 (4) A nominated ART member has, in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power conferred on an assessment officer by this Division, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court has in relation to proceedings in the High Court.