sec.53IPower concerning prescribed applications and matters

### sec.53I Power concerning prescribed applications and matters A judicial registrar may hear and decide an application prescribed under a practice direction given under section 53J (1) . For those applications, the judicial registrar— if the application is to a magistrate—is taken to be, and has all the jurisdiction and powers of, a magistrate; or if the application is to a Magistrates Court—constitutes, and may exercise all the jurisdiction and powers of, a Magistrates Court. A judicial registrar may also constitute, and exercise all the jurisdiction and powers of, a Magistrates Court for a matter prescribed under a practice direction given under section 53J (2) . However, a judicial registrar may not exercise any power of a Magistrates Court to punish for contempt. See the QCAT Act, section 198A for provisions about a judicial registrar being an adjudicator under that Act. s 53I ins 2007 No. 37 s 116 amd 2009 No. 24 s 1555A (amd 2009 No. 48 s 108 ) (sec.53I-ssec.1) A judicial registrar may hear and decide an application prescribed under a practice direction given under section 53J (1) . (sec.53I-ssec.2) For those applications, the judicial registrar— if the application is to a magistrate—is taken to be, and has all the jurisdiction and powers of, a magistrate; or if the application is to a Magistrates Court—constitutes, and may exercise all the jurisdiction and powers of, a Magistrates Court. (sec.53I-ssec.3) A judicial registrar may also constitute, and exercise all the jurisdiction and powers of, a Magistrates Court for a matter prescribed under a practice direction given under section 53J (2) . (sec.53I-ssec.4) However, a judicial registrar may not exercise any power of a Magistrates Court to punish for contempt. See the QCAT Act, section 198A for provisions about a judicial registrar being an adjudicator under that Act. - (a) if the application is to a magistrate—is taken to be, and has all the jurisdiction and powers of, a magistrate; or - (b) if the application is to a Magistrates Court—constitutes, and may exercise all the jurisdiction and powers of, a Magistrates Court.