Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 109(1) substituted by No. 9/2009 s. 61(1).
(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a person other than a sheriff's officer to be a bailiff for the purposes of this Act.
Note
In relation to sheriff's officers as bailiffs, see section 12 of the Sheriff Act 2009 .
S. 109(1A) inserted by No. 9/2009 s. 61(1).
(1A) A person appointed under subsection (1) need not be an employee in the public service.
S. 109(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 162.2).
(2) Without affecting the operation of subsection (1), the police officer who is for the time being in charge of any police station specified for the purposes of this section by Order of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette is a bailiff for the purposes of this Act.
S. 109(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 162.2).
(3) A bailiff referred to in subsection (2) may from time to time in writing appoint any police officer to assist him or her.
S. 109(4) inserted by No. 9/2009 s. 61(2).
(4) In this section—
"sheriff's officer" has the same meaning as in the Sheriff Act 2009 .
Pt 7 Div. 2 (Heading) substituted by No. 24/2008 s. 38.
Division 2—Functions of Associate Judges
S. 109A inserted by No. 24/2008 s. 39.