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1 Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

(a)

to establish a new system for the transfer of civil proceedings between courts in order to improve efficiency in the administration of civil justice in Victoria;

(b)

to alter the jurisdictional limits of the County Court in civil proceedings;

(c)

to provide for the suspension of the pension entitlements of a Reserve Supreme Court or County Court Judge while he or she holds another public office or engages in legal practice anywhere in Australia and to require such a Judge to obtain the consent of the Chief Justice or Chief Judge (as the case requires) before accepting such an appointment.

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