New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

COMPENSATION COURT REPEAL (TRANSITIONAL) REGULATION 2003 - REG 8

8 Powers of District Court

(1) For the purposes of exercising the residual jurisdiction of the District Court, the District Court is taken to have all the powers, authorities and duties that the Compensation Court had under the Compensation Court Act 1984 immediately before its repeal.

(2) Without limiting subclause (1):

(a) sections 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, 32, 38 and 41 of the Compensation Court Act 1984 are taken to continue in force despite the repeal of that Act, and

(b) a reference in any of those sections to the Compensation Court, the Chief Judge of the Compensation Court or a Judge of the Compensation Court is taken to be a reference to the District Court, the Chief Judge of the District Court and a Judge of the District Court, respectively.

(3) For avoidance of doubt, the District Court has jurisdiction to examine, hear and determine a matter that the Court of Appeal has, in consequence of the operation of clause 7 (1), remitted to the District Court for reconsideration.

(4) This clause ceases to have effect on 31 December 2004 or the date of assent to the Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2004 , whichever first occurs.

Note: The Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2004 was assented to on 6.7.2004.