Magistrates Court Act 1991

Subject to this section, the Court, when sitting to adjudicate on any matter, must be constituted of a Magistrate.

Subject to the regulations, Judicial Registrars may exercise such jurisdiction of the Court as assigned by the Chief Magistrate or the rules.

The Court may be constituted of a special justice—

in its Petty Sessions Division; or

to hear and determine uncontested applications of a class prescribed by the regulations; or

to hear and determine appeals under section 23 of the

in any other case—if there is no Magistrate or Judicial

If the Court is constituted of a Judicial Registrar or special justice in criminal proceedings, the Court—

may not impose a sentence of imprisonment; and

if of the opinion that the limitation on its powers imposed under this subsection prevents it from imposing an appropriate sentence—may adjourn the question of sentence for hearing and determination by a

If there is no Magistrate, Judicial Registrar or special justice available to constitute the Court as a bail authority, the Court may be constituted of 2 justices for the purposes of an application under the

The Court may, at any one time, be separately constituted in accordance with this section for the hearing and determination of any number of separate matters.