Local Courts Act 1982 (NSW)

applicant means a person who institutes proceedings under Part 6 or is responsible for the conduct of proceedings against a person and includes (where the subject-matter or context allows or requires) an Australian legal practitioner representing the applicant.

application proceedings means proceedings that may be dealt with under Part 6.

appointed day means the day appointed and notified under section 2 (2).

Assessor means an Assessor appointed under section 76.

authorised officer has the same meaning as in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986.

Chief Magistrate means the person appointed under section 14 (1) to be the Chief Magistrate of the Local Courts.

Court means a Local Court established under section 6 (1).

Deputy Chief Magistrate means a person appointed under section 15 (1) to be a Deputy Chief Magistrate of the Local Courts.

Designated Magistrate means any of the following:

• (a)

  the State Coroner,

• (b)

  the Chairman of the Licensing Court,

• (c)

  the Chief Industrial Magistrate.

• (d)

  (Repealed)

jurisdictional limit of a Court means:

• (a)

  $60,000, in relation to the Court sitting in its General Division, and

• (b)

  $10,000, in relation to the Court sitting in its Small Claims Division.

limited tenure, in relation to the office of Magistrate, means a limitation imposed on the office under section 13.

Local Court Rule Committee means the Rule Committee established under section 30.

Magistrate means a person appointed under section 12 (1) to be a Magistrate.

money claim means a claim for recovery of any debt, demand or damage (whether liquidated or unliquidated).

part-time Magistrate means a person:

• (a)

  appointed to hold the office of Magistrate on a part-time basis, or

• (b)

  exercising the functions of the office of Magistrate on a part-time basis, as provided by an agreement referred to in section 12A, or

• (c)

  who, in accordance with section 8 of the Liquor Act 1982, becomes a Magistrate on becoming a licensing magistrate and who holds office as a licensing magistrate on a part-time basis under section 8 (6) (b) of that Act.

public officer means any of the following persons, if acting in an official capacity:

• (a)

  an employee in the Public Service or the Police Service,

• (b)

  an officer or employee of a statutory body representing the Crown,

• (c)

  an employee of a council within the meaning…