New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT ACT 1979 - SECT 33

33 Exercise of jurisdiction generally

(1) Classes 1, 2 and 3 of the Court’s jurisdiction shall, in accordance with this Act, be exercised by a Judge or one or more Commissioners.

(2) Classes 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Court’s jurisdiction shall, in accordance with this Act, be exercised by a Judge.

(2A) Class 8 of the Court’s jurisdiction shall, in accordance with this Act, be exercised by a Judge or by a Commissioner who is an Australian lawyer.

(3) The Court’s jurisdiction under section 16 (1A) is to be exercised by a Judge, but this subsection does not prevent a Judge from being assisted by one or more Commissioners in accordance with section 37.