Definitions
3 Definitions
In this Act—
case transfer rules means rules made under Part 7;
circuit court means the Supreme Court or County Court sitting at a place outside Melbourne;
court means the Supreme Court, County Court or Magistrates' Court;
S. 3(1) def. of Designated judicial officer amended by No. 24/2008 s. 76, substituted as designated judicial officer by No. 38/2017 s. 65.
designated judicial officer—
(a) in relation to the Supreme Court, means an Associate Judge or a judicial registrar of the Supreme Court designated by the Chief Justice for the purposes of this Act;
in relation to the County Court, means a judge, an associate judge or a judicial registrar of the County Court designated by the Chief Judge for the purposes of this Act;
in relation to the Magistrates' Court, means a magistrate or a judicial registrar of the Magistrates' Court designated by the Chief Magistrate for the purposes of this Act;
proceeding means civil proceeding;
senior judicial officer—
in relation to the Supreme Court, means the Chief Justice;
in relation to the County Court, means the Chief Judge;
in relation to the Magistrates' Court, means the Chief Magistrate.
For the purposes of this Act a court only has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine a proceeding if it is wholly or partly of a type that neither of the other courts has jurisdiction to hear and determine, whatever amount or value is either claimed or involved.
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