MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1991 - SECT 7B

MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1991 - SECT 7B

7B—Assessors

If under an Act conferring a jurisdiction on the Court in its Civil (Consumer and Business) Division the Court is to sit with assessors in exercising that jurisdiction, then the following provisions apply:

            (a)         the Court will (except for the purpose of dealing with interlocutory, procedural or administrative matters) sit with assessors selected in accordance with the Act conferring the jurisdiction;

            (b)         where the Court sits with assessors—

                  (i)         questions of law or procedure will be determined by the judicial officer presiding at the proceedings; and

                  (ii)         other questions will be determined by majority opinion.