324Powers conferred on judicial officers in their personal capacity

#### 324 Powers conferred on judicial officers in their personal capacity (1) A power: (a) that is conferred by this Act on a State or Territory judge or on a magistrate; and (b) that is neither judicial nor incidental to a judicial function or power; is conferred on that person in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court. > Note: Magistrate is defined in section 16C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. (2) The State or Territory judge, or the magistrate, need not accept the power conferred. (3) A State or Territory judge, or magistrate, exercising a conferred power has the same protection and immunity as if he or she were exercising that power as, or as a member of, the court of which the judge or magistrate is a member.