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Navigation Act 2012
290Powers of magistrates
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#### 290 Powers of magistrates
(1) A power conferred on a magistrate by this Part is conferred on the magistrate:
(a) in a personal capacity; and
(b) not as a court or a member of a court.
(2) The magistrate need not accept the power conferred.
(3) A magistrate exercising a power conferred by this Part has the same protection and immunity as if he or she were exercising the power:
(a) as the court of which the magistrate is a member; or
(b) as a member of the court of which the magistrate is a member.