Criminal Code Act 1899

If an accused person is committed for trial on a charge of an offence or charged on indictment of an offence, the prosecutor or the accused person may apply to the court for an order (no jury order) that the accused person be tried by a judge sitting without a jury.

The application must be made under section 590AA before the trial begins.

If the identity of the trial judge is known to the parties when the application is decided, a no jury order may be made only if the court is satisfied there are special reasons for making it.

Subsection (3) does not limit section 615 or any other restriction on making a no jury order imposed by this chapter division.

The court may inform itself in any way it considers appropriate in relation to the application.

For subsection (2), the trial begins when the jury panel attends before the court. sch 1 pt 8 ch 62 ch div 9A s 614 prev s 614 om 1995 No. 42 s 76 sch 2