COUNTY COURT ACT 1958

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COUNTY COURT ACT 1958 - NOTES

No. 6230 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 October 2009

ENDNOTES

1. General Information
The County Court Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 892.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the County Court Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Supreme Court and County Court (Judges) Act 1958, No. 6429/1958 
(as amended by No. 6489)
Assent Date:
14.10.58
Commencement Date:
14.10.58
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries Act 1958, No. 6470/1958 (as amended by No. 6489)
Assent Date:
9.12.58
Commencement Date:
1.7.58: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries and Allowances Act 1960, No. 6621/1960
Assent Date:
1.6.60
Commencement Date:
21.2.60: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Subordinate Legislation Act 1962, No. 6886/1962 (as amended by No. 6961)
Assent Date:
8.5.62
Commencement Date:
1.8.62: Government Gazette 4.7.62 p. 2314
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Judges) Act 1962, No. 6891/1962
Assent Date:
1.10.62
Commencement Date:
1.10.62
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges' Pensions Act 1962, No. 6901/1962
Assent Date:
30.10.62
Commencement Date:
30.10.62
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Amendment) Act 1962, No. 6951/1962
Assent Date:
11.12.62
Commencement Date:
11.12.62
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries and Allowances Act 1963, No. 7055/1963
Assent Date:
26.11.63
Commencement Date:
1.7.63: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges' Pensions Act 1963, No. 7066/1963
Assent Date:
3.12.63
Commencement Date:
3.12.63
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Judges' Salaries and Allowances Act 1965, No. 7346/1965
Assent Date:
14.12.65
Commencement Date:
1.12.65: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Common Law Jurisdiction) Act 1966, No. 7420/1966
Assent Date:
24.5.66
Commencement Date:
1.8.66: Government Gazette 13.7.66 p. 2421
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Supreme and County Courts (Sittings) Act 1967, No. 7522/1967
Assent Date:
15.3.67
Commencement Date:
23.1.67: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges and Public Officers Salaries Act 1967, No. 7581/1967
Assent Date:
21.11.67
Commencement Date:
1.7.67: s. 1
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Juries Act 1967, No. 7651/1967
Assent Date:
19.12.67
Commencement Date:
Ss 1, 2(3)-(5) on 19.12.67: s. 1(2) (as amended by No. 7725 s. 2(a)); s. 15(1)(2) on 1.12.68: Government Gazette 27.11.68 p. 3854; rest of Act on 1.1.69: Government Gazette 4.12.68 p. 3919
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Jurisdiction) Act 1968, No. 7705/1968
Assent Date:
15.10.68
Commencement Date:
1.1.69: Government Gazette 4.12.68 p. 3919
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Mines (Abolition of Courts) Act 1969, No. 7840/1969
Assent Date:
20.5.69
Commencement Date:
20.5.69
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges' Salaries and Allowances Act 1970, No. 7940/1970
Assent Date:
24.3.70
Commencement Date:
1.1.70: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Pensions Act 1970, No. 7973/1970
Assent Date:
13.4.70
Commencement Date:
5.6.70: Government Gazette 27.5.70 p. 1466
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges' Pensions (Amendment) Act 1970, No. 7985/1970
Assent Date:
20.10.70
Commencement Date:
5.6.70: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation

County Court (Jurisdiction) Act 1971, No. 8132/1971
Assent Date:
4.5.71
Commencement Date:
4.5.71
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries and Allowances Act 1971, No. 8183/1971
Assent Date:
23.11.71
Commencement Date:
23.11.71
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Jurisdiction) Act 1972, No. 8263/1972
Assent Date:
9.5.72
Commencement Date:
9.5.72
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Local Government Act 1972, No. 8291/1972
Assent Date:
13.5.72
Commencement Date:
Ss 1-10, 12-28, 30-34 on 1.7.72; s. 11 on 1.10.72; s. 29 on 1.12.72: Government Gazette 31.5.72 p. 1922
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries and Allowances Act 1973, No. 8481/1973
Assent Date:
27.11.73
Commencement Date:
27.11.73: s. 2(1)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Chief Judge) Act 1974, No. 8625/1974
Assent Date:
10.12.74
Commencement Date:
18.3.75: Government Gazette 13.3.75 p. 577
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries and Allowances Act 1975, No. 8680/1975
Assent Date:
29.4.75
Commencement Date:
29.4.75: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries Act 1976, No. 8853/1976
Assent Date:
8.6.76
Commencement Date:
8.6.76: Government Gazette 8.6.76 p. 1665
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Amendment) Act 1976, No. 8883/1976
Assent Date:
19.10.76
Commencement Date:
19.10.76: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Employers and Employés (Repeal) Act 1976, No. 8915/1976 (as amended by No. 9059)
Assent Date:
7.12.76
Commencement Date:
7.12.76: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation


County Court (Amendment) Act 1977, No. 9007/1977
Assent Date:
10.5.77
Commencement Date:
10.5.77: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1977, No. 9019/1977
Assent Date:
17.5.77
Commencement Date:
17.5.77: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries Act 1977, No. 9063/1977
Assent Date:
29.11.77
Commencement Date:
30.11.77: Government Gazette 30.11.77 p. 3646
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Age of Majority Act 1977, No. 9075/1977
Assent Date:
6.12.77
Commencement Date:
1.2.78: Government Gazette 11.1.78 p. 97
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries Act 1978, No. 9176/1978
Assent Date:
31.10.78
Commencement Date:
8.11.78: Government Gazette 8.11.78 p. 3496
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges Salaries Act 1979, No. 9293/1979
Assent Date:
23.10.79
Commencement Date:
31.10.79: Government Gazette 31.10.79 p. 3461
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Jurisdiction) Act 1979, No. 9308/1979
Assent Date:
11.12.79
Commencement Date:
1.11.80: Government Gazette 3.9.80 p. 3017
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1980, No. 9427/1980
Assent Date:
27.5.80
Commencement Date:
27.5.80: subject to s. 6(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judges' Salaries and Pensions Act 1980, No. 9468/1980
Assent Date:
16.12.80
Commencement Date:
16.12.80: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1981, No. 9549/1981
Assent Date:
19.5.81
Commencement Date:
19.5.81: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation



Penalties and Sentences Act 1981, No. 9554/1981
Assent Date:
19.5.81
Commencement Date:
S. 2(2)(Sch. 2 items 46-51) on 1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2700
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Penalty Interest Rates Act 1981, No. 9633/1981
Assent Date:
8.12.81
Commencement Date:
1.4.82: Government Gazette 17.2.82 p. 456
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Listing of Debtors Act 1981, No. 9639/1981
Assent Date:
15.12.81
Commencement Date:
15.12.81: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies (Consequential Amendment) Act 1981, No. 9699/1981
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
S. 23(Sch. 2) on 1.7.82: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Judges Salaries Act 1982, No. 9813/1982
Assent Date:
14.12.82
Commencement Date:
Ss 2, 4 on 14.11.82: s. 1(2); rest of Act on 1.1.83: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Instruments (Bills of Exchange) Act 1983, No. 9947/1983
Assent Date:
27.9.83
Commencement Date:
27.9.83: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Jurisdiction) Act 1983, No. 9957/1983
Assent Date:
15.11.83
Commencement Date:
15.11.83: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983, No. 9967/1983
Assent Date:
22.11.83
Commencement Date:
1.7.83: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts (Powers of Investment) Act 1983, No. 10013/1983
Assent Date:
13.12.83
Commencement Date:
1.1.84: Government Gazette 29.12.83 p. 4150
Current State:
All of Act in operation



County Court (Amendment) Act 1984, No. 10117/1984
Assent Date:
30.10.84
Commencement Date:
S. 5 on 3.9.84: s. 2(2); rest of Act on 30.10.84: s. 2(1)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Health (Amendment) Act 1985, No. 10262/1985
Assent Date:
10.12.85
Commencement Date:
S. 4(Sch.) on 1.3.86: Government Gazette 26.2.86 p. 451
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986 (as amended by No. 107/1986)
Assent Date:
22.4.86
Commencement Date:
S. 11 on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Guardianship and Administration Board Act 1986, No. 58/1986
Assent Date:
3.6.86
Commencement Date:
S. 66 on 14.7.87: Government Gazette 8.7.87 p. 1792
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts (Further Amendment) Act 1986, No. 107/1986
Assent Date:
16.12.86
Commencement Date:
Ss 6(2), 9 on 22.4.86: s. 2(2); s. 6(1)(a)(b) on 1.6.87: Government Gazette 27.5.87 p. 1236
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Supreme Court Act 1986, No. 110/1986
Assent Date:
16.12.86
Commencement Date:
1.1.87: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Judicial Salaries Act 1987, No. 4/1987
Assent Date:
31.3.87
Commencement Date:
3.6.87: Government Gazette 3.6.87 p. 1040
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Equal Opportunity (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 46/1987
Assent Date:
25.8.87
Commencement Date:
1.12.87: Government Gazette 21.10.87 p. 2777
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 85/1987
Assent Date:
1.12.87
Commencement Date:
S. 6 on 1.12.87: s. 2(2); rest of Act on 13.1.88: Government Gazette 13.1.88 p. 35
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989
Assent Date:
9.5.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 18.1-18.3) on 1.11.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798; s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item 18.4) on 1.10.92: Government Gazette 23.9.92 p. 2789
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
County Court (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 19/1989
Assent Date:
16.5.89
Commencement Date:
1.8.89: Government Gazette 26.7.89 p. 1858
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1)(a)-(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 64/1990
Assent Date:
20.11.90
Commencement Date:
S. 13 on 1.6.91: Government Gazette 15.5.91 p. 1274
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Mineral Resources Development Act 1990, No. 92/1990
Assent Date:
18.12.90
Commencement Date:
S. 128(Sch. 1 item 3) on 6.11.91: Government Gazette 30.10.91 p. 2970
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 1991, No. 8/1991
Assent Date:
16.4.91
Commencement Date:
S. 19 on 5.8.91: Government Gazette 24.7.91 p. 2026
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts (Case Transfer) Act 1991, No. 43/1991
Assent Date:
18.6.91
Commencement Date:
S. 2, Pt 9 (ss 39-41) on 1.8.91; rest of Act on 1.10.91: Government Gazette 17.7.91 p. 1930
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Financial Management Act 1994, No. 18/1994.	
Assent Date:
10.5.94
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1-8), ss 60, 61 on 10.5.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.7.94: s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Public Prosecutions Act 1994, No. 43/1994
Assent Date:
7.6.94
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1-3) on 7.6.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.7.94: s. 2(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Constitution (Court of Appeal) Act 1994, No. 109/1994
Assent Date:
20.12.94
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1, 2) on 20.12.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 7.6.95: Special Gazette (No. 41) 23.5.95 p. 1 
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts (General Amendment) Act 1995, No. 9/1995
Assent Date:
26.4.95
Commencement Date:
Ss 8, 11(2) on 27.4.95: Government Gazette 27.4.95 p. 973
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Judicial Remuneration Tribunal Act 1995, No. 22/1995 	
Assent Date:
16.5.95
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1-3), s. 29 on 16.5.95: s. 2(1); ss 18, 23 on 18.5.95: Government Gazette 18.5.95 p. 1179; rest of Act on 28.9.95: Government Gazette 28.9.95 p. 2731
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996
Assent Date:
6.11.96
Commencement Date:
S. 453(Sch. 1 items 15.1-15.14) on 1.1.97: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts and Tribunals (General Amendment) Act 1996, No. 64/1996
Assent Date:
17.12.96
Commencement Date:
Pt 5 (ss 13-18) on 17.12.96: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Evidence (Audio Visual and Audio Linking) Act 1997, No. 4/1997
Assent Date:
22.4.97
Commencement Date:
S. 6 on 22.12.97: Government Gazette 18.12.97 p. 3612
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
State Trustees (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 15/1998
Assent Date:
28.4.98
Commencement Date:
S. 8 on 1.8.98: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958


Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Magistrates' Court (Amendment) Act 1999, No. 10/1999
Assent Date:
11.5.99
Commencement Date:
Ss 27-29, 31(6) on 11.5.99: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts and Tribunals Legislation (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 1/2000
Assent Date:
28.3.00
Commencement Date:
S. 4 on 1.7.00: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Juries Act 2000, No. 53/2000
Assent Date:
12.9.00
Commencement Date:
S. 93 on 1.8.01: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000
Assent Date:
21.11.00
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 29) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Statute Law Amendment (Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions) Act 2001, No. 11/2001
Assent Date:
8.5.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 17) on 1.6.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Judicial and Other Pensions Legislation (Amendment) Act 2001, No. 19/2001
Assent Date:
29.5.01
Commencement Date:
Ss 11-15 on 30.5.01: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001
Assent Date:
27.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 25) on 15.7.01: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Judicial Remuneration Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2002, No. 4/2002
Assent Date:
3.4.02
Commencement Date:
S. 12(3) on 1.1.02: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958

Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2002, No. 11/2002
Assent Date:
23.4.02
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 12) on 24.4.02: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Legislation (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 39/2003
Endnotes
Assent Date:
11.6.03
Commencement Date:
S. 4 on 1.5.03: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Justice Legislation (Sexual Offences and Bail) Act 2004, No. 20/2004
Assent Date:
18.5.04
Commencement Date:
S. 13 on 19.5.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Legislation (Funds in Court) Act 2004, No. 30/2004
Assent Date:
1.6.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 5, 13 on 1.7.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Legislation (Judicial Appointments) Act 2004, No. 31/2004
Assent Date:
1.6.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 10, 11 on 2.6.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Judicial Salaries Act 2004, No. 38/2004
Assent Date:
8.6.04
Commencement Date:
S. 13 on 9.6.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 47) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Legislation (Judicial Appointments and Other Amendments) Act 2005, No. 3/2005
Assent Date:
5.4.05
Commencement Date:
S. 15 on 6.4.05: s. 2(1); ss 6-9 on 1.5.05: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958


Courts Legislation (Judicial Conduct) Act 2005, No. 16/2005
Assent Date:
24.5.05
Commencement Date:
S. 7 on 28.4.06: Special Gazette (No. 119) 28.4.06 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005
Assent Date:
24.5.05
Commencement Date:
S. 18(Sch. 1 item 25) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2005, No. 30/2005
Assent Date:
21.6.05
Commencement Date:
S. 5 on 22.6.05: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006, No. 14/2006
Assent Date:
11.4.06
Commencement Date:
Ss 8-11 on 12.4.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Valuation of Land (Amendment) Act 2006, No. 22/2006
Assent Date:
9.5.06
Commencement Date:
S. 20 on 1.7.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Legislation (Jurisdiction) Act 2006, No. 50/2006
Assent Date:
15.8.06
Commencement Date:
Ss 3, 4 on 1.1.07: Government Gazette 5.10.06 p. 2100
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Education and Other Matters) Act 2007, No. 24/2007
Assent Date:
26.6.07
Commencement Date:
Ss 4, 11 on 27.6.07: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Payroll Tax Act 2007, No. 26/2007
Assent Date:
26.6.07
Commencement Date:
S. 109 on 1.7.07: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958



Statute Law Revision Act 2007, No. 28/2007
Assent Date:
26.6.07
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 15) on 27.6.07: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Criminal Procedure Legislation Amendment Act 2008, No. 8/2008
Assent Date:
18.3.08
Commencement Date:
S. 10 on 1.7.08: s. 2(5)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Constitution Amendment (Judicial Pensions) Act 2008, No. 23/2008
Assent Date:
3.6.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 9-15 on 4.6.08: s. 2(1); s. 23 on 1.12.08: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008, No. 24/2008
Assent Date:
3.6.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 43-72, 90 on 17.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 377) 16.12.08 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
County Court Amendment (Koori Court) Act 2008, No. 51/2008
Assent Date:
23.9.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 4-9 on 18.11.08: Special Gazette (No. 307) 18.11.08 p. 1; s. 10(1)(2) on 1.12.08: s. 2(3); s. 10(4) on 8.12.08: s. 2(5); s. 10(3) on 17.12.08: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Salaries Legislation Amendment (Salary Sacrifice) Act 2008, No. 83/2008
Assent Date:
11.12.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 7-9 on 11.12.08: s. 2(1); s. 10 on 17.12.08: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Sheriff Act 2009, No. 9/2009
Assent Date:
24.3.09
Commencement Date:
S. 72 on 1.10.09: Government Gazette 1.10.09 p. 2539
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 38/2009
Assent Date:
30.6.09
Commencement Date:
Ss 20, 21 on 1.7.09: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958

Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Resolution Conference) Act 2009, No. 50/2009
Assent Date:
8.9.09
Commencement Date:
Ss 7-11 on 16.9.09: Special Gazette (No. 319) 16.9.09 p. 1-see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the County Court Act 1958
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Metric Conversion (County Court Act) Regulations 1973, No. 371/1973
Date of Making:
18.12.73
Date of Commencement:
1.2.74: reg. 1
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3. Explanatory Details

1 S. 8(1): Section 46(1) of the Courts and Tribunals (General Amendment) Act 1996, No. 64/1996 reads as follows:
	46.	County Court Act 1958-transitional provisions
	(1)	The amendments made by section 13(1) to section 8(1) of the County Court Act 1958 apply only to appointments made after the commencement of section 13(1).

2 S. 18: Section 17 of the County Court (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 19/1989 reads as follows:
	17.	Transitional provision
	(1)	The person who holds office as the registrar of the Court at Melbourne immediately before the commencement of this Act holds office as the registrar under and subject to this Act and the Public Service Act 1974 on and from that commencement without any further appointment.
	(2)	Each person who holds office as a registrar of the Court (except the registrar of the Court at Melbourne) immediately before the commencement of this Act holds office as a deputy registrar under and subject to this Act and the Public Service Act 1974 on and from that commencement without any further appointment.
	(3)	Each person who holds office as an assistant registrar of the Court immediately before the commencement of this Act holds office as a deputy registrar under and subject to this Act and the Public Service Act 1974 on and from that commencement without any further appointment.
	(4)	Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this or any other Act or in any subordinate instrument or in any document or writing of any kind whatsoever to the registrar of the County Court is to be taken to refer to the registrar or any deputy registrar of the Court.

3 S. 47B: Section 46(2) of the Courts and Tribunals (General Amendment) Act 1996, No. 64/1996 reads as follows:
	46.	County Court Act 1958-Transitional provisions
	(2)	The amendments made by section 15 to the County Court Act 1958 apply only to proceedings commenced after the commencement of that section.

4 S. 48(1): Section 46(3) of the Courts and Tribunals (General Amendment) Act 1996, No. 64/1996 reads as follows:
	46.	County Court Act 1958-Transitional provisions
	(3)	The amendment made by section 16 to section 48(1) of the County Court Act 1958 applies only to proceedings commenced after the commencement of section 16.

5 S. 70: Section 46(4) of the Courts and Tribunals (General Amendment) Act 1996, No. 64/1996 reads as follows:
	46.	County Court Act 1958-Transitional provisions
	(4)	The amendments made by section 17 to section 70 of the County Court Act 1958 apply to proceedings, whether commenced before or after the commencement of section 17.

6 S. 74: Sections 29 and 30 of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Act 1994, No. 109/1994 read as follows:
	29.	Proceedings before Full Court
	(1)	The Constitution Act 1975, the Supreme Court Act 1986 and the Crimes Act 1958 and any other Act amended by this Act as respectively in force immediately before the commencement of this section continue to apply, despite the enactment of this Act, to a proceeding the hearing of which by the Full Court of the Supreme Court commenced before the commencement of this section.
	(2)	If the Court of Appeal so orders, anything required to be done by the Supreme Court in relation to or as a consequence of a proceeding after the Full Court has delivered judgment in that proceeding, may be done by the Court of Appeal.
	30.	References to Full Court
A reference in an Act or an instrument made under an Act or in any other document to the Full Court of the Supreme Court or to the Supreme Court sitting as the Full Court is to be taken to include a reference to the Court of Appeal.

7 S. 76: See note 6.
8 S. 78(1)(hf): Section 12 of the Evidence (Audio Visual and Audio Linking) Act 1997, No. 4/1997 reads as follows:
	12.	Transitional provisions
	(1)	An amendment made by a provision of this Act to the Evidence Act 1958, the Supreme Court Act 1986, the County Court Act 1958, the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 or the Children and Young Persons Act 1989 applies to a proceeding that is commenced to be heard on or after the twenty-first day after the commencement of that amendment, irrespective of when the proceeding was commenced or when any offence to which the proceeding relates is alleged to have been committed.
	(2)	For the purposes of subsection (1) in its application to criminal proceedings-
	(a)	a trial is commenced to be heard on arraignment of the accused person; and
	(b)	a hearing of a charge for an offence is commenced to be heard on the taking of a formal plea from the accused person.

9 S. 78(1)(hg): See note 8.
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