sec.52DPrivileges, protection and immunity

### sec.52D Privileges, protection and immunity A member presiding over a proceeding in the Land Court, or exercising another judicial power, has the same privileges, protection and immunity as the member would have if the member were a Supreme Court judge presiding over a proceeding in the Supreme Court. A judicial registrar, exercising judicial or quasi-judicial power the judicial registrar may exercise under this Act, has the same privileges, protection and immunity as the judicial registrar would have if the judicial registrar were a Supreme Court judge presiding over a proceeding in the Supreme Court. The following persons have the same privileges, protection and immunity as the persons would have if the proceeding or the exercise of judicial power by the court, member or judicial registrar were a proceeding in the Supreme Court— a lawyer or agent appearing in the proceeding or before the court, member or registrar; a witness attending in the proceeding or before the court, member or registrar. If an administrative function is conferred on the Land Court, a member or judicial registrar, each of the following persons has the same privileges, protection and immunity the person would have if the exercise or performance of the administrative function were a proceeding in the Supreme Court— the member or judicial registrar; a lawyer or agent appearing before the court, member or registrar; a witness attending before the court, member or registrar. s 52D (prev s 35) amd 2005 No. 70 s 121 ; 2015 No. 8 s 9 reloc and renum 2020 No. 15 s 126 (sec.52D-ssec.1) A member presiding over a proceeding in the Land Court, or exercising another judicial power, has the same privileges, protection and immunity as the member would have if the member were a Supreme Court judge presiding over a proceeding in the Supreme Court. (sec.52D-ssec.1A) A judicial registrar, exercising judicial or quasi-judicial power the judicial registrar may exercise under this Act, has the same privileges, protection and immunity as the judicial registrar would have if the judicial registrar were a Supreme Court judge presiding over a proceeding in the Supreme Court. (sec.52D-ssec.2) The following persons have the same privileges, protection and immunity as the persons would have if the proceeding or the exercise of judicial power by the court, member or judicial registrar were a proceeding in the Supreme Court— a lawyer or agent appearing in the proceeding or before the court, member or registrar; a witness attending in the proceeding or before the court, member or registrar. (sec.52D-ssec.3) If an administrative function is conferred on the Land Court, a member or judicial registrar, each of the following persons has the same privileges, protection and immunity the person would have if the exercise or performance of the administrative function were a proceeding in the Supreme Court— the member or judicial registrar; a lawyer or agent appearing before the court, member or registrar; a witness attending before the court, member or registrar. - (a) a lawyer or agent appearing in the proceeding or before the court, member or registrar; - (b) a witness attending in the proceeding or before the court, member or registrar. - (a) the member or judicial registrar; - (b) a lawyer or agent appearing before the court, member or registrar; - (c) a witness attending before the court, member or registrar.