Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 13A

13A .         Magistrates Court’s jurisdiction

        (1)         For the purpose of exercising the jurisdiction conferred by section 12A and 13, the Magistrates Court is to be constituted by a magistrate.

        (2)         Despite subsection (1), a registrar of the Magistrates Court may, subject to the directions of a magistrate, exercise the court’s jurisdiction in respect of any application that is to be dealt with in accordance with Part 4 of the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 if —

            (a)         the application is within a prescribed class of applications; and

            (b)         either —

                  (i)         the application is not disputed; or

                  (ii)         a party to the application does not appear.

        (3)         An application made under this Act to the Magistrates Court shall be made to the court at the place nearest to the place where the premises the subject of the proceedings are situated but, with the consent of the parties, may be made to the court at any other place.

        [Section 13A inserted by No. 59 of 2004 s. 119.]