FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT 1999 - SECT 25 Duty of officers of the Federal Magistrates Court to advise people about dispute resolution processes

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

Duty of officers of the Federal Magistrates Court to advise people about dispute resolution processes

(1) A designated officer of the Federal Magistrates Court must, as far as practicable, on request by:

(a) a party to proceedings in the Federal Magistrates Court; or

(b) a person considering instituting proceedings in the Federal Magistrates Court;

advise the party or person about the dispute resolution processes that could be used to resolve any matter in dispute.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a member of the staff of the Federal Magistrates Court is taken to be an officer of the Federal Magistrates Court.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a designated officer of the Federal Magistrates Court is an officer of the Federal Magistrates Court specified in writing by the Chief Executive Officer for the purposes of this subsection.