6Courts, tribunals and Royal Commissions not affected

6 Courts, tribunals and Royal Commissions not affected

6 Courts, tribunals and Royal Commissions not affected

(1) Nothing in this Act affects the manner in which a court or tribunal, or the manner in which the holder of an office relating to a court or tribunal, exercises the court’s, or the tribunal’s, judicial functions.

(2) Nothing in this Act affects the manner in which a Royal Commission, or any Special Commission of Inquiry, exercises the Commission’s functions.

(3) In this section, judicial functions of a court or tribunal means such of the functions of the court or tribunal as relate to the hearing or determination of proceedings before it, and includes—

(a) in relation to a Judge of the Local Court—such of the functions of the judge as relate to the conduct of committal proceedings, and

(b) in relation to a coroner—such of the functions of the coroner as relate to the conduct of inquests and inquiries under the Coroners Act 2009.

s 6: Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.172 [1]; 2003 No 40, Sch 2.24 [1]; 2009 No 41, Sch 4; 2025 No 61, Sch 2.76[1] [2].