Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (NSW)

An Act to amend certain Acts with respect to coronial inquests and inquiries, court procedure, young offenders and other matters.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007.

2Commencement(1)

This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as specified in subsection (2).

(2)

Schedules 2, 4 and 5 commence on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3Amendments

The Acts and Regulations specified in Schedules 1–5 are amended as set out in those Schedules.

4Repeal of Act(1)

This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which all of the provisions of this Act have commenced.

(2)

The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.

Schedule 1

(Repealed)

Schedule 2Amendment of Land and Environment Court Act 1979 No 204

(Section 3)

Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2007

Insert after section 34 (10):

(10A)

The same privilege with respect to defamation as exists with respect to judicial proceedings and a document produced in judicial proceedings exists with respect to:

• (a)

  a conciliation conference, and

• (b)

  a document or other material sent to or produced to a Commissioner, or sent to or produced at the Court or the registry of the Court, for the purpose of enabling a conciliation conference to be arranged.

(10B)

The privilege conferred by subsection (10A) extends only to a publication made:

• (a)

  at a conciliation conference, or

• (b)

  in a document or other material sent to or produced to a Commissioner, or sent to or produced at the Court or the registry of the Court, for the purpose of enabling a conciliation conference to be arranged.

Schedules 3–5

(Repealed)