Part 6Officers of the court

Part 6—Officers of the court Division 1—Registrar 82—The registrar (1) There shall be a registrar of the court. (2) No registrar shall be appointed, dismissed or reduced in status, nor shall the office of registrar be abolished, except upon the recommendation, or with the concurrence, of the Chief Justice. (3) The registrar is the court's principal administrative officer. (3a) The registrar may, in addition to exercising the functions and duties assigned to him or her by this Act or any other Act, exercise any procedural or non-judicial powers of the court assigned by the Chief Justice or by rules of court under this or any other Act. (4) The registrar shall, in relation to the performance and discharge of his functions and duties (so far as they relate to the business of the court), be subject to the control and direction of the Chief Justice. Division 2—Tipstaves 106—Appointment of tipstaves (1) There will be such tipstaves of the court as are necessary. (2) No tipstaff will be appointed except on the recommendation of the Chief Justice. 107—Duty of tipstaves The tipstaves of the court shall be in attendance on the sittings of the court, and any tipstaff may, without warrant, apprehend and lodge in prison all persons who, by the court or any judge, are ordered to be apprehended or committed into prison for contempt of court or otherwise. 108—Other duties Every tipstaff shall perform all such other duties as from time to time are by the court or a judge or rules of court directed to be performed by him. Division 3—Further provisions as to officers 109—Appointment of other officers (1) The court shall have such other officers as are necessary for the administration of justice therein, and for the due execution of the judgments, decrees, orders, and processes thereof. (2) Subject to subsection (3), no such other officer will be appointed except on the recommendation of the Chief Justice. (3) The associates to the judges will be appointed and may be removed from office by the Chief Justice, but otherwise will be subject to the Courts Administration Act 1993 in the same way as other staff of the court appointed under that Act. 110—Duties of officers Subject to this Act, the business to be performed in the court, or in the chambers of any judge, other than that performed by the judges, shall be distributed among the officers of the court, in such manner as is directed by rules of court, or, in any cases not provided for by rules of court, as the court or any judge thereof may direct, and such officers shall perform such duties in relation to such business as is directed by this Act or by rules of court, or by such court or any judge thereof; and, subject to this Act and such rules of court, all such officers respectively shall continue to perform the same duties as nearly as may be in the same manner as if this Act had not passed. 110A—Administrative and ancillary staff (1) The court's administrative and ancillary staff consists of— (a) the registrar; and (b) any other persons appointed to the non-judicial staff of the court. (2) The court's administrative and ancillary staff (other than judges' associates) will be appointed under the Courts Administration Act 1993. 110B—Responsibilities of non-judicial staff A member of the court's administrative or ancillary staff is responsible to the Chief Justice (through any properly constituted administrative superior) for the proper and efficient discharge or his or her duties.