COURTS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1993 - SECT 15

COURTS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1993 - SECT 15

15—Control of property

        (1)         All courthouses and other real and personal property of the Crown set apart for the use of the participating courts is under the care, control and management of the Council.

        (2)         The Council may assign a courthouse or other building that is under the Council's care, control and management for the use of a particular court.

        (3)         A courthouse or other building will be taken to have been set apart for the use of participating courts if—

            (a)         it is dedicated or reserved for use as a courthouse under a law governing the administration or use of Crown property; or

            (b)         it is set apart for the use of participating courts by proclamation under this section.

        (4)         The Governor may, by proclamation—

            (a)         set apart a courthouse or building belonging to the Crown for the use of participating courts; or

            (b)         vary or revoke a proclamation previously made under this subsection.

        (5)         A proclamation may be conditional or unconditional, and, if conditional, will be subject to such conditions as the Governor thinks fit to include.