539Powers of registrar

539 Powers of registrar

(1) A registrar has the following powers in addition to those conferred on him or her by this or any other Act—

(a) power to issue any process out of the Court;

S. 539(1)(b) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 20.8).

(b) power to administer an oath or affirmation;

(c) with the consent of the parties to a proceeding in the Family Division, power to extend an interim accommodation order of a kind referred to in section 263(1)(a) or 263(1)(b) made in respect of a child appearing on a return date in relation to the proceeding;

S. 539(1)(d) substituted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(a).

(d) power to abridge or extend the bail of a person who has been granted bail in relation to a criminal proceeding;

S. 539(1)(e) amended by No. 53/2016 s. 92(a).

(e) power to endorse a warrant to arrest in accordance with section 62 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989;

S. 539(1)(f) inserted by No. 53/2016 s. 92(b), amended by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(b).

(f) power to make a declaration under Division 4 of Part 7 of the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016;

S. 539(1)(g) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(c).

(g) power to adjourn a criminal proceeding or a proceeding under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008, the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 or the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016;

S. 539(1)(h) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(c).

(h) power to abridge or extend the adjournment of a criminal proceeding or a proceeding under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008, the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 or the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016;

S. 539(1)(i) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(1)(c).

(i) power to otherwise change the time or place at which a criminal proceeding or a proceeding under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008, the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 or the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 is listed before the Court.

S. 539(2) amended by No. 11/2021 s. 41(2).

(2) Nothing in this section empowers a registrar to vary the amount or conditions of bail.

S. 539(3) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 41(3).

(3) The power under subsection (1)(d) to abridge or extend the bail of a person may be exercised—