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LOCAL COURT ACT 2007 - SECT 23 Arrangement of business of the Court

LOCAL COURT ACT 2007 - SECT 23

Arrangement of business of the Court

23 Arrangement of business of the Court

(cf LCA 1982, sections 11 and 14)

(1) The Chief Magistrate is responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court and for that purpose may, subject to this Act, give directions as to:
(a) the Magistrates or Assessors who are to exercise the Court's jurisdiction in specified matters or matters of a specified class, and
(b) the Magistrates or Assessors who are to sit at places (including one or more designated places) in the State or exercise certain functions at those places, and
(c) the matters or classes of matters that may be dealt with at those places, and
(d) the specified functions that are to be exercised by specified Magistrates or Magistrates of a specified class.
(2) The Chief Magistrate must consult with the Attorney General before making a direction under subsection (1) that substantially alters the frequency of sittings at a particular place relative to the previous calendar year.
(3) The Chief Magistrate may have such consultation with other Magistrates as is appropriate and practicable before making any direction under subsection (1).
(4) A direction given under subsection (1) may provide for:
(a) the establishment of circuits comprised of places at which sittings of the Court are required to be held, or
(b) the exercise by Magistrates of their functions, at specified times or during specified periods, at different places.