Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2018 (Vic)

Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2018

S.R. No. 28/2018

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Rule  Page

1Object

2Authorising provisions

3Commencement

4Criminal proceedings and related proceedings that may be dealt with by judicial registrars

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2018

S.R. No. 28/2018

Magistrates' Court Act 1989

Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2018

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 (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015—

(a)to, as a result of the commencement of the Fines Reform Act 2014, change the class of proceedings under the Infringements Act 2006 which the Court constituted by a judicial registrar may deal with; and

(b)to prescribe certain proceedings under the Fines Reform Act 2014 which the Court constituted by a judicial registrar may deal with.

2Authorising provisions

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

3Commencement

These Rules come into operation on 13 March 2018.

4Criminal proceedings and related proceedings that may be dealt with by judicial registrars

For Rule 6(e) of the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015[1] substitute—

"(e)a proceeding under the Infringements Act 2006 that is not a proceeding of a kind referred to in subparagraph (d), except for a proceeding under section 167 of that Act;

(ea)a proceeding under the Fines Reform Act 2014, except for a proceeding under section 60, 69, 72, 73(1), 82, 85, 118(2), 138, 141(2), 159, 160(1) or (6), 165, 165A, 171B, 171C, 171D or 184 of that Act;".

Dated:    9 March 2018

PETER LAURITSEN,

Chief Magistrate

JELENA POPOVIC,

Deputy Chief Magistrate

FRANZ HOLZER

Deputy Chief Magistrate

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Endnotes

[1] Rule 4: S.R. No. 154/2015 as amended by S.R. No. 135/2016.