Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT 1999 - SECT 3

             (1)  The main object of this Act is to create the Federal Magistrates Court under Chapter III of the Constitution.

             (2)  The other objects of this Act are:

                     (a)  to enable the Federal Magistrates Court to operate as informally as possible in the exercise of judicial power; and

                     (b)  to enable the Federal Magistrates Court to use streamlined procedures; and

                     (c)  to encourage the use of a range of appropriate dispute resolution processes.