Magistrates' Court Criminal Procedure Amendment Rules 2022 (Vic)

Magistrates' Court Criminal Procedure Amendment Rules 2022

S.R. No. 5/2022

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Rule  Page

1Object

2Authorising provisions

3Commencement

4Proper officers

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2022

S.R. No. 5/2022

Magistrates' Court Act 1989

Magistrates' Court Criminal Procedure Amendment Rules 2022

The Chief Magistrate together with 2 Deputy Chief Magistrates jointly make the following Rules:

1Object

The object of these Rules is to amend the Magistrates' Court Criminal Procedure Rules 2019 to provide that registrars are proper officers for the purposes of section 175(4) of the Serious Offenders Act 2018.

2Authorising provisions

These Rules are made under section 16 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 and all other enabling powers.

3Commencement

These Rules come into operation on 2 February 2022.

4Proper officers

In Rule 7 of the Magistrates' Court Criminal Procedure Rules 2019[1]—

(a)in paragraph (d), for "registrars." substitute "registrars; and";

(b)after paragraph (d) insert—

"(e)for the purposes of section 175(4) of the Serious Offenders Act 2018—all registrars.".

Dated:   1 February 2022

LISA HANNAN,

Chief Magistrate

FELICITY BROUGHTON,

Deputy Chief Magistrate

SUSAN WAKELING,

Deputy Chief Magistrate

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Endnotes

[1] Rule 4: S.R. No. 143/2019 as amended by S.R. Nos 40/2020, 80/2020 and 102/2021.