Court Services Victoria
13AC Court Services Victoria
Despite anything to the contrary in Schedule 2, Court Services Victoria is not an exempt body.
S. 13AC(2) amended by No. 30/2016 s. 70(2)(p).
In performing the functions or duties or exercising the powers of the Ombudsman in relation to Court Services Victoria, the Ombudsman must not—
interfere with the exercise of the jurisdiction of a court or VCAT; or
direct a court or VCAT as to the manner or outcome of the exercise of its judicial function in any particular case or any other judicial or quasi-judicial function.
The Ombudsman or a member of Ombudsman staff must not, pursuant to section 21, enter a court or tribunal hearing room in the course of the hearing of a matter, except with the agreement of the presiding judicial officer.
The Ombudsman or a member of Ombudsman staff must not require a judicial member of the Courts Council or a member of the staff of Court Services Victoria—
to provide any information (including answering any question); or
to produce any document—
to the extent that the information or document concerns the exercise of a judicial or quasi‑judicial function by a court, VCAT or a person specified in clause 7 of Schedule 2 or by any person exercising the function on behalf of a court or VCAT.
Despite subsection (4), the Ombudsman or a member of Ombudsman staff may require a member of the staff of Court Services Victoria to provide information or documents in a matter that relates to the exercise of a judicial or quasi-judicial function if the relevant head of the jurisdiction has approved the provision of such information or documents, subject to any conditions agreed between the relevant head of the jurisdiction and the Ombudsman.
In this section—
Courts Council means the Courts Council established under section 10 of the Court Services Victoria Act 2014;
member of the staff, of Court Services Victoria has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Court Services Victoria Act 2014.
S. 13AD inserted by No. 45/2025 s. 273.
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