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LOCAL COURT ACT 2015 - SECT 84 New Local Court is a continuation of old Courts

LOCAL COURT ACT 2015 - SECT 84

New Local Court is a continuation of old Courts

    (1)     On the commencement, the old Local Court and the Court of Summary Jurisdiction:

        (a)     are amalgamated and become the new Local Court; and

        (b)     cease to exist as separate courts.

    (2)     A reference (in an Act or other document) to the new Local Court includes, in relation to a time before the commencement, a reference to the old Local Court or the Court of Summary Jurisdiction (as the case requires), unless the context otherwise requires.

Examples for subsection (2)

1     The reference in section 163 of the Local Court (Criminal Procedure) Act 1928 to "a party to proceedings before the Local Court" would include a person who was, before the commencement, a party to proceedings before the Court of Summary Jurisdiction.

2     A reference to "a warrant issued by the Local Court" would include a warrant issued by a magistrate under the Justices Act .

    (3)     A reference (in an Act or other document) that was made before the commencement to the old Local Court or the Court of Summary Jurisdiction includes a reference to the new Local Court, unless the context otherwise requires.