New South Wales
Courts Legislation Amendment Act
1998 No 49
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1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Schedules of amendments 2 Schedules
1 Amendment of Arbitration (Civil Actions) Act 1983
No 43 3 2 Consequential amendment of Arbitration (Civil
Actions) Regulation 1994 8 3
Amendment of Compensation Court Act 1984 No 89 8 4
Amendment of Coroners Act 1980 No 27 9 5 Amendment of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967
No 13 10 6
Amendment of Criminal Appeal Act 1912 No 16 13 7
Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1986 No 209 15
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8 Amendment of Crown Advocate Act 1979 No 59 16 9 Amendment of Crown Proceedings Act 1988 No 70 18 10 Amendment of District Court Act 1973 No 9 18 11 Amendment of Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 No 63 19
12 Amendment of Fines Regulation 1997 21
13 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1996 No 17 21 14 Amendment of Judgment Creditors’ Remedies Act
1901 No 8 22
15 Amendment of Jury Act 1977 No 18 24 16 Amendment of Justices Act 1902 No 27 25 17 Amendment of Justices (General) Regulation 1993 27 18 Amendment of Land and Environment Court Act 1979
No 204 28
19 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 1987 No 109 29 20 Amendment of Liquor Act 1982 No 147 29 21 Amendment of Local Courts Act 1982 No 164 30 22 Amendment of Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 No 11 35 23 Amendment of Supreme Court Act 1970 No 52 36
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New South Wales
Courts Legislation Amendment Act
1998 No 49
Act No 49, 1998
An Act to make miscellaneous amendments to various Acts relating to courts and associated matters. [Assented to 29 June 1998]
| Section 1 | Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No 49 |
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1998.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
3 Schedules of amendments
Each Act or regulation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended as set out in the Schedule concerned.
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No 49
Amendment of Arbitration (Civil Actions) Act 1983 No 43 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendment of Arbitration (Civil
Actions) Act 1983 No 43
(Section 3)
[1] Headings
Insert “Part 1 Preliminary” before section 1. Insert “Part 2 Arbitration” before section 5. Insert “Part 4 Miscellaneous” before section 19.
[2] Section 16A
Insert after section 16:
16A Finality of award
Except to the extent that section 17 and Part 3 otherwise provide, an award of an arbitrator made under this Act is final and conclusive and not liable to be called in question.
[3] Part 3
Omit section 18. Insert instead:
Part 3 Rehearings 18 Application for rehearing
(1) A person aggrieved by an award of an arbitrator may
apply for a rehearing…