Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) A judicial officer is an issuing officer for the purposes of exercising powers under this Part to determine whether:
(a) a provision subject to monitoring under this Part has been, or is being, complied with; or
(b) information subject to monitoring under this Part is correct;
if an Act provides that the judicial officer is an issuing officer in relation to that provision or information 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 a provision or information 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 provision or information 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 provision or information for the purposes of this Part.