Cross-border Justice Act 2009
5Object and achievement of Act
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5 Object and achievement of Act (1) The object of this Act is to facilitate the administration of justice in the cross-border regions.
Cross-border Justice Act 2009 2 (2) The object is to be achieved mainly by enabling the following things to be done: (a) police officers, Local Court Judges and other office holders of the Territory to exercise their powers under the law of the Territory in another participating jurisdiction; (b) police officers, Local Court Judges and other office holders of the Territory to hold offices and exercise powers under the law of another participating jurisdiction; (c) police officers, magistrates and other office holders of another participating jurisdiction to exercise their powers under the law of the other jurisdiction in the Territory; (d) police officers, magistrates and other office holders of another participating jurisdiction to hold offices and exercise powers under the law of the Territory; (e) prescribed courts of the Territory to hear and determine proceedings, and to otherwise exercise their jurisdiction and powers under the law of the Territory, in another participating (f) the sentences, orders and other decisions made by those courts under the law of the Territory to be served, carried out or otherwise given effect to by persons in another participating (g) the courts of summary jurisdiction of another participating jurisdiction to hear and determine proceedings, and to otherwise exercise their jurisdiction and powers under the law of the other jurisdiction, in the Territory; (h) the sentences, orders and other decisions made by those courts under the law of the other jurisdiction to be served, carried out or otherwise given effect to by persons in the Territory; (i) any other persons who are required under the law of the Territory to do things to do the things in another participating (j) any other persons who are required under the law of another participating jurisdiction to do things to do the things in the
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