Constitution of Court
6 Constitution of Court
(1) Subject to this section, the Court is to be constituted by a Judge.
(2) The Court may be constituted by a judicial registrar for the purpose of dealing with civil proceedings.
However, the Court constituted by a judicial registrar cannot:
hear and determine a claim; or
conduct the hearing of an appeal.
(4) The Court may be constituted by 2 or more JPs, or by one JP, for a purpose prescribed by regulation.
(5) Despite subsections (2) to (4), the Court must be constituted by a Judge for any of the following:
(a) to hear and determine a charge of an indictable offence summarily under section 18(1)(a)(ii);
(b) to deal with proceedings that another Act provides must be dealt with by the Court constituted by a Judge.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Local Court Regulations 2016
- Local Court (Adoption of Children) Rules 1994
- Local Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Rules 1998
2 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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