44Issuing officer

#### 44 Issuing officer (1) A judicial officer is an issuing officer for the purposes of exercising powers under this Part in relation to evidential material, if an Act provides that the judicial officer is an issuing officer in relation to the evidential material for the purposes of this Part. (2) A judicial officer who is an issuing officer for the purpose of exercising powers mentioned in subsection (1) is also an issuing officer for the purposes of exercising other powers under this Part that are incidental to the powers mentioned in subsection (1). (3) Without limiting subsection (1), an Act may provide that a judicial officer is an issuing officer in relation to evidential material for the purposes of this Part by: (a) providing that a judicial officer of a specified class is an issuing officer in relation to the evidential material for the purposes of this Part; or (b) authorising another person to specify that a judicial officer, or a judicial officer of a specified class, is an issuing officer in relation to the evidential material for the purposes of this Part.