Privileges, protection and immunity of participants in proceedings
85 Privileges, protection and immunity of participants in proceedings
A magistrate of a prescribed court of another participating jurisdiction —
hearing or determining in the State a cross‑border proceeding of that other jurisdiction; or
exercising in the State the cross‑border jurisdiction of the court or a power of the court for the purposes of that jurisdiction,
has the same privileges, protection and immunity as a judge of the Supreme Court has in the performance of his or her duties as a judge.
A person appearing in the State as a legal practitioner in a cross‑border proceeding of a prescribed court of another participating jurisdiction has the same protection and immunity as counsel appearing in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.
A person appearing in the State as a witness in a cross‑border proceeding of a prescribed court of another participating jurisdiction has the same protection as a witness appearing in a proceeding in the Supreme Court.
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