Justices Regulation 2014

This section applies to—

a proceeding under the Act before a court in relation to a charge for which an Act does not require a bench charge sheet; or

an application made under the Act to a court.

The court before which the application or proceeding is brought must record the following information on a document (a bench cover sheet)—

the names of the parties;

the nature of the complaint or application.

If the charge or application is amended, other than under section 42(1A) of the Act, the court must ensure that particulars of the amendment are recorded on the bench cover sheet.

If the court accepts the defendant’s plea, or enters a plea for the defendant, to the charge, the court must—

if more than 1 charge is before court and the same plea is accepted or entered for 1 or more of the other charges before the court—

record the plea on the bench cover sheet for 1 of the charges to which the plea is accepted or entered (the lead plea cover sheet); and

record the court file number stated on the lead plea cover sheet on the bench cover sheet for each other charge to which the plea is accepted or entered; or

otherwise—record the plea on the bench cover sheet for the charge.

The court must ensure—

if the decision on the charge or application applies to more than 1 charge or application before the court—

the decision is recorded on the bench cover sheet, or a schedule attached to the bench cover sheet, for 1 of the charges or applications to which the decision applies (the lead decision cover sheet); and

the court file number stated on the lead decision cover sheet is recorded on the bench cover sheet for each other charge or application to which the decision applies; or

otherwise—the decision is recorded on the bench cover sheet for the charge or application.

This section does not limit the information that may be stated on a bench cover sheet.

In this section—

the court file number stated on the bench cover sheet for the charge or application;

the charge number or application number;

for a charge—

the offence charged; and

the date of the offence charged.