DISTRICT COURT ACT 1991 - NOTES
DISTRICT COURT ACT 1991 - NOTES
Notes
• Please note—References in the legislation to other
legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not
automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of
legislation and therefore may be obsolete.
• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at
the end of the legislative history.
• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate
legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or
www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
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Year |
No |
Title |
Assent |
Commencement |
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1991 |
70 |
12.12.1991 |
6.7.1992 (Gazette 2.7.1992 p209) |
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1993 |
62 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1993 |
27.5.1993 |
ss 7—9—1.7.1993 (Gazette 24.6.1993 p2047);
s 6—28.10.1993 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1892) |
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1994 |
43 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1994 |
2.6.1994 |
9.6.1994 (Gazette 9.6.1994 p1669) |
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1994 |
90 |
15.12.1994 |
1.6.1995 (Gazette 25.5.1995 p2198) |
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1995 |
65 |
Statutes Amendment (Recording of Interviews)
Act 1995 |
10.8.1995 |
Sch (cl 3)—21.12.1995 (Gazette 21.12.1995
p1760) |
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1995 |
84 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1995 |
30.11.1995 |
21.12.1995 (Gazette 21.12.1995 p1759) |
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1995 |
85 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts Administration Staff)
Act 1995 |
30.11.1995 |
14.12.1995 (Gazette 14.12.1995 p1641) |
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1995 |
87 |
7.12.1995 |
1.6.1996 (Gazette 23.5.1996 p2536) |
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1996 |
46 |
Statutes Amendment (Mediation, Arbitration and Referral)
Act 1996 |
27.6.1996 |
30.9.1996 (Gazette 29.8.1996 p808) |
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1999 |
42 |
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Justice Portfolio)
Act 1999 |
5.8.1999 |
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2000 |
4 |
District Court (Administrative and Disciplinary Division) Amendment
Act 2000 |
20.4.2000 |
1.6.2000 (Gazette 18.5.2000 p2554) |
|
2001 |
58 |
15.11.2001 |
Sch 2 (cl 4)—1.1.2003 (Gazette 19.12.2002
p4736) |
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2001 |
69 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial Administration)
Act 2001 |
6.12.2001 |
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2002 |
16 |
Statutes Amendment (Structured Settlements) Act 2002 |
5.9.2002 |
Pt 2 (s 4)—1.12.2002 (Gazette 7.11.2002
p4043) |
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2005 |
49 |
Statutes Amendment (Intervention Programs and Sentencing Procedures)
Act 2005 |
27.10.2005 |
Pt 4 (s 12)—19.12.2005 (Gazette 15.12.2005 p4326) |
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2006 |
17 |
Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act
2006 |
6.7.2006 |
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2008 |
7 |
Statutes Amendment (Evidence and Procedure) Act 2008 |
17.4.2008 |
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2009 |
85 |
10.12.2009 |
Sch 1 (cl 13)—9.12.2011 (Gazette 20.10.2011
p4269) |
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2012 |
17 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 2012 |
24.5.2012 |
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2013 |
11 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act
2013 |
18.4.2013 |
Pt 5 (ss 8—12)—18.4.2013 (Gazette 18.4.2013
p1155); s 13—9.6.2013 (Gazette 6.6.2013 p2498) |
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2013 |
47 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio No 2) Act
2013 |
24.10.2013 |
Pt 4 (s 6)—17.5.2014 (Gazette 8.5.2014 p1630) |
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2015 |
16 |
Statutes Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses) Act 2015 |
6.8.2015 |
Pt 2 (s 4)—1.7.2016 (Gazette 23.6.2016
p2618) |
|
2015 |
34 |
5.11.2015 |
Sch 1 (cl 4)—5.12.2016 (Gazette 29.11.2016 p4525) |
|
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2017 |
10 |
Statutes Amendment (Judicial Registrars) Act 2017 |
11.4.2017 |
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2017 |
18 |
Summary Procedure (Indictable Offences) Amendment Act
2017 |
14.6.2017 |
Sch 2 (cll 17, 18 & 41)—5.3.2018 (Gazette 12.12.2017
p4961) |
|
2017 |
50 |
Statutes Amendment (Court Fees) Act 2017 |
28.11.2017 |
Pt 2 (s 4)—5.3.2018 (Gazette 23.1.2018
p282) |
|
2017 |
53 |
Statutes Amendment (Sentencing) Act 2017 |
28.11.2017 |
Pt 10 (s 18)—30.4.2018 (Gazette 6.2.2018
p612) |
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2019 |
21 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) (No 2)
Act 2019 |
19.9.2019 |
Pt 5 (s 11)—19.9.2019: s 2(1) |
|
2019 |
45 |
Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment
Act 2019 |
19.12.2019 |
Sch 1 (cll 39 & 40)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 10.12.2020
p5638) |
|
2020 |
15 |
Statutes Amendment (Bail Authorities)
Act 2020 |
11.6.2020 |
Pt 3 (s 10)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 17.12.2020
p5744) |
Provisions amended
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in
italics.
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Provision |
How varied |
Commencement |
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Pt 1 |
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s 2 |
omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication
Act 2002 |
19.12.2005 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 4(1) |
23.5.2017 |
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inserted by 10/2017 s 4(2) |
23.5.2017 |
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inserted by 10/2017 s 4(3) |
23.5.2017 |
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deleted by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(a) |
1.6.1995 |
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Pt 2 |
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amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(b) |
1.6.1995 |
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amended by 58/2001 Sch 2 cl 4 |
1.1.2003 |
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substituted by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(c) |
1.6.1995 |
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s 8(5) and (6) |
inserted by 4/2000 s 3 |
1.6.2000 |
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Pt 3 |
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Pt 3 Div 1 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 5 |
23.5.2017 |
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deleted by 11/2013 s 8 |
18.4.2013 |
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inserted by 11/2013 s 9 |
18.4.2013 |
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Pt 3 Div 2 |
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Pt 3 Div 2 Subdiv 1 |
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heading |
inserted by 10/2017 s 6 |
23.5.2017 |
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inserted by 11/2013 s 10 |
18.4.2013 |
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Pt 3 Div 2 Subdiv 2 |
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heading |
inserted by 10/2017 s 7 |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 11/2013 s 11(1) |
18.4.2013 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 8(1) |
23.5.2017 |
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(a) deleted by 11/2013 s 11(2) |
18.4.2013 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 8(2) |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 8(3) |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 11/2013 s 11(3) |
18.4.2013 |
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Pt 3 Div 2 Subdiv 3 |
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heading |
inserted by 10/2017 s 9 |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 42/1999 s 46(a) |
3.10.1999 |
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amended by 11/2013 s 12 |
18.4.2013 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 10 |
23.5.2017 |
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deleted by 42/1999 s 46(b) |
3.10.1999 |
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inserted by 43/1994 s 13 |
9.6.1994 |
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substituted by 34/2015 Sch 1 cl 4 |
5.12.2016 |
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amended by 17/2012 s 14 |
5.8.2012 |
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Pt 3 Div 2 Subdiv 4 |
inserted by 10/2017 s 11 |
23.5.2017 |
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Pt 3 Div 3 |
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amended by 85/1995 s 10 |
14.12.1995 |
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inserted by 84/1995 s 4 |
21.12.1995 |
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Pt 4 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 12(1) |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(d) |
1.6.1995 |
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deleted by 4/2000 s 4(a) |
1.6.2000 |
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amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(d) |
1.6.1995 |
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amended by 87/1995 Sch 4 cl 1 |
1.6.1996 |
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amended by 4/2000 s 4(b)—(d) |
1.6.2000 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 12(2) |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 43/1994 s 14(a) |
9.6.1994 |
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amended by 43/1994 s 14(b) |
9.6.1994 |
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Pt 5 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 13 |
23.5.2017 |
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Pt 6 |
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Pt 6 Div 1 |
heading inserted by 4/2000 s 5 |
1.6.2000 |
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substituted by 46/1996 s 4(a) |
30.9.1996 |
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amended by 17/2012 s 15 |
5.8.2012 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 14(1) |
23.5.2017 |
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inserted by 46/1996 s 4(b) |
30.9.1996 |
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inserted by 46/1996 s 4(b) |
30.9.1996 |
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inserted by 46/1996 s 4(b) |
30.9.1996 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 14(2) |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 46/1996 s 4(c) |
30.9.1996 |
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deleted by 46/1996 s 4(d) |
30.9.1996 |
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amended by 46/1996 s 5 |
30.9.1996 |
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inserted by 16/2002 s 4 |
1.12.2002 |
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substituted by 62/1993 s 6 |
28.10.1993 |
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amended by 47/2013 s 6 |
17.5.2014 |
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amended by 42/1999 s 47(a) |
3.10.1999 |
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amended by 4/2000 s 6 |
1.6.2000 |
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amended by 42/1999 s 47(b) |
3.10.1999 |
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Pt 6 Div 2 |
inserted by 4/2000 s 7 |
1.6.2000 |
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Pt 7 |
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amended by 43/1994 s 15 |
9.6.1994 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 15 |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 39 |
1.1.2021 |
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amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(e) |
1.6.1995 |
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substituted by 17/2006 s 16 |
4.9.2006 |
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amended by 42/1999 s 48 |
3.10.1999 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 16 |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 40 |
1.1.2021 |
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amended by 18/2017 Sch 2 cl 17 |
5.3.2018 |
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Pt 8 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 17 |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 21/2019 s 11 |
19.9.2019 |
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s 47 |
deleted by 69/2001 s 12 |
3.2.2002 |
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substituted by 69/2001 s 13 |
3.2.2002 |
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amended by 84/1995 s 5 |
21.12.1995 |
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inserted by 62/1993 s 7 |
1.7.1993 |
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amended by 84/1995 s 6 |
21.12.1995 |
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inserted by 7/2008 s 8 |
23.11.2008 |
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amended by 16/2015 s 4(1) |
1.7.2016 |
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person to whom this section applies |
inserted by 16/2015 s 4(2) |
1.7.2016 |
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sexual offence |
amended by 16/2015 s 4(3) |
1.7.2016 |
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amended by 62/1993 s 8 |
1.7.1993 |
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amended by 46/1996 s 6 |
30.9.1996 |
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amended by 17/2006 s 17 |
4.9.2006 |
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amended by 10/2017 s 18(1), (2) |
23.5.2017 |
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amended by 15/2020 s 10 |
1.1.2021 |
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s 52 |
amended by 90/1994 Sch 3 cl (1)(f), (g) |
1.6.1995 |
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deleted by 4/2000 s 8 |
1.6.2000 |
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amended by 50/2017 s 4(1) |
5.3.2018 |
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s 53(1a) and (1b) |
inserted by 50/2017 s 4(2) |
5.3.2018 |
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amended by 62/1993 s 9 |
1.7.1993 |
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amended by 84/1995 s 7(a) |
21.12.1995 |
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substituted by 84/1995 s 7(b) |
21.12.1995 |
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amended by 49/2005 s 12 |
19.12.2005 |
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amended by 7/2008 s 9(1) |
23.11.2008 |
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amended by 85/2009 Sch 1 cl 13 |
9.12.2011 |
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amended by 11/2013 s 13(1) |
9.6.2013 |
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amended by 18/2017 Sch 2 cl 18 |
5.3.2018 |
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amended by 53/2017 s 18 |
30.4.2018 |
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amended by 65/1995 Sch cl 3(a) |
21.12.1995 |
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substituted by 84/1995 s 7(b) |
21.12.1995 |
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substituted by 7/2008 s 9(2) |
23.11.2008 |
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inserted by 65/1995 Sch cl 3(b) |
21.12.1995 |
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substituted by 84/1995 s 7(b) |
21.12.1995 |
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inserted by 11/2013 s 13(2) |
9.6.2013 |
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inserted by 65/1995 Sch cl 3(b) |
21.12.1995 |
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substituted by 84/1995 s 7(b) |
21.12.1995 |
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inserted by 7/2008 s 9(3) |
23.11.2008 |
Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or
amendments
Statutes Repeal and Amendment (Courts)
Act 1991
19—Transitional provisions—District
Courts
(1) On the commencement of the District Court
Act 1991—
(a) the Senior District Judge becomes Chief Judge of the Court;
(b) the Judges and Masters holding office under the repealed Local and
District Criminal Courts Act 1926 become Judges and Masters of the
Court;
(c) the Registrar and non-judicial staff of local courts of full
jurisdiction and district criminal courts are transferred to corresponding
positions on the staff of the District Court.
(2) Any proceedings commenced before a local court of full jurisdiction or
a district criminal court may be continued and completed before the District
Court.
23—Interpretation of Acts and
instruments
The following provisions apply to the interpretation of Acts and
instruments (whether of a legislative character or not):
(a) a reference to a District Court, a District Criminal Court or a Local
Court of Full Jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to the District
Court;
(b) a reference to a court of summary jurisdiction or a local court of
limited or special jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to the
Magistrates Court;
(c) a reference to an officer of a District Court, a District Criminal
Court or a Local Court of Full Jurisdiction will be construed as a reference to
an officer with corresponding functions and responsibilities in relation to the
District Court;
(d) a reference to an officer of a court of summary jurisdiction or a
local court of limited or special jurisdiction will be construed as a reference
to an officer with corresponding functions and responsibilities in relation to
the Magistrates Court.
Land Agents Act 1994, Sch 3—Amendment
of District Court Act 1991
(2) A reference in any Act or instrument to the Administrative Appeals
Court or to the Administrative Appeals Division of the District Court, is so far
as the context permits, to be taken to be a reference to the Administrative and
Disciplinary Division of the District Court.
Statutes Amendment (Courts Administration Staff)
Act 1995
20—Transitional provision
(1) An appointment to a non-judicial office or position made or
purportedly made before the commencement of this Act in accordance with an Act
that is amended by this Act will be taken to have been duly made under the
statutory provisions that, as amended by this Act, provide for the making of
such an appointment as if this Act had been enacted and in force at the relevant
time.
Summary Procedure (Indictable Offences) Amendment Act
2017, Sch 2 Pt 14
41—Transitional provision
The amendments made by this Act apply to proceedings relating to an offence
that are commenced after the commencement of this Act, regardless of when the
offence occurred (and the Acts amended by this Act, as in force before the
commencement of this Act, continue to apply to proceedings that were commenced
before the commencement of this Act).
Historical versions
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Reprint No 1—1.7.1993 |
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Reprint No 2—28.10.1993 |
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Reprint No 3—9.6.1994 |
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Reprint No 4—1.6.1995 |
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Reprint No 5—21.12.1995 |
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Reprint No 6—1.6.1996 |
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Reprint No 7—30.6.1996 |
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Reprint No 8—3.10.1999 |
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Reprint No 9—1.6.2000 |
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Reprint No 10—3.2.2002 |
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Reprint No 11—1.12.2002 |
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Reprint No 12—1.1.2003 |
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19.12.2005 |
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4.9.2006 |
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23.11.2008 |
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9.12.2011 |
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5.8.2012 |
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18.4.2013 |
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9.6.2013 |
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17.5.2014 |
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1.7.2016 |
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5.12.2016 |
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23.5.2017 |
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5.3.2018 |
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30.4.2018 |
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19.9.2019 |
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