New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

DISTRICT COURT RULES 1973 - SECT 53.2

53.2 Record of committal or appeal

(1) Where an accused person is committed for trial to the District Court sitting at a proclaimed place, the registrar of the Local Court at which the accused person was committed for trial shall as soon as practicable forward to the registrar for the proclaimed place a record containing the following information relating to the committal:

(a) the full name of the accused person and any other names recorded in the proceedings in the Local Court as names by which that person is also known,

(b) the date of birth and last known address of the accused person,

(c) whether the accused person is in custody or on bail,

(d) where known to the registrar, the full name, address and telephone number of any solicitor who acted for the accused person in the proceedings resulting in the committal,

(e) the full name and rank of the member of the police force responsible for the proceedings resulting in the committal, and his location,

(f) the short title of the offence for which the accused person was committed, and

(g) the location of the transcription centre to which the tapes of the proceedings resulting in the committal were sent for transcription.

(2) Where an appellant lodges under section 14 (1) or (3) of the Crimes (Local Courts Appeal and Review) Act 2001 a notice of appeal, or an application for leave to appeal, which is to be heard in the District Court sitting at a proclaimed place, the registrar of the Local Court at which was made the conviction or order, or was imposed the sentence, appealed against shall as soon as practicable forward to the registrar for the proclaimed place a record containing the following information relating to the appeal:

(a) the full name of the appellant and any other names recorded in the proceedings in the Local Court as names by which the appellant is also known,

(b) the date of birth and last known address of the appellant,

(c) whether the appellant is in custody or on bail,

(d) where known to the registrar, the full name, address and telephone number of any solicitor who acted for the appellant in the proceedings resulting in the conviction or, order or sentence,

(e) where the informant in the proceedings resulting in the conviction or order was:

(i) a member of the police force-the full name and rank of the member of the police force responsible for those proceedings and his location, or

(ii) not a member of the police force-the full name and address of the informant, and, where he laid the information as the holder of an office, the title of that office,

(f) the short title of the offence of which the appellant was convicted, and

(g) the location of the transcription centre to which the tapes of the proceedings resulting in the conviction or, order or sentence were sent for transcription.