Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015 (Vic)
Version No. 010
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015
S.R. No. 154/2015
Version incorporating amendments as at
30 May 2022
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Rule Page
Part 1—Preliminary
1Object
2Authorising provisions
3Commencement
4Revocation
5Definition
Part 2—Powers of judicial registrars
Division 1—Criminal matters
6Criminal proceedings and related proceedings that may be dealt with by judicial registrars
7Powers of judicial registrars in certain criminal proceedings and certain related proceedings
Division 2—Civil matters
8Civil proceedings that may be dealt with by judicial registrars
9Judicial registrars may make final orders by consent
10Judicial registrars cannot deal with claims for equitable relief in any proceeding
11Restrictions on certain powers of judicial registrars in civil proceedings
12Judicial registrars cannot deal with proceedings under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 or Family Law Act 1975
13Judicial registrars cannot exercise powers under Part 8 of the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010
Division 3—General
14Judicial registrars may deal with and exercise the powers of a registrar
15Judicial registrars constitute and are delegated the powers of the Court
Part 3—Review of determinations of judicial registrars
16Review of determination of Court constituted by judicial registrar
17Stay
18Direction for review of determination operates as stay of order of judicial registrar
19Notification of direction for review
Form 1—Application for review
Schedule 1—Powers of the Court exercisable by judicial registrars in certain proceedings
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Endnotes
1 General information
2 Table of Amendments
3 Explanatory details
Version No. 010
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015
S.R. No. 154/2015
Version incorporating amendments as at
30 May 2022
The Chief Magistrate together with 2 Deputy Chief Magistrates jointly make the following Rules:
Part 1—Preliminary
1Object
The object of these Rules is—
(a)to prescribe proceedings that may be dealt with by the Court constituted by a judicial registrar; and
(b)to delegate to judicial registrars some of the powers of the Court; and
(c)to establish a procedure for the review by the Court of a hearing and determination of a proceeding by the Court constituted by a judicial registrar.
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 14 December 2015.
4Revocation
The following Rules are revoked—
(a)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2005[1];
(b)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) (Amendment) Rules 2007[2];
(c)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2009[3];
(d)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2010[4];
(e)the Magistrates' Court (Reference Amendment) Rules 2011[5];
(f)the Magistrates' Court Miscellaneous Amendment Rules 2011[6];
(g)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2012[7];
(h)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2013[8];
(i)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) (Personal Safety Intervention Orders Amendment) Rules 2014[9];
(j)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2014[10];
(k)the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2015[11].
5Definition
In these Rules—
the Act means the Magistrates' Court Act 1989.
Part 2—Powers of judicial registrars
Division 1—Criminal matters
6Criminal proceedings and related proceedings that may be dealt with by judicial registrars
A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court, except the powers set out in section 16I(b) of the Act, in any of the following proceedings—
(a)a proceeding under Division 3 of Part 4 of the Act in relation to which a registrar may exercise a power under that Division;
(b)a proceeding dealing with any article, thing or material brought before the Court under a search warrant in accordance with section 78(1)(b)(ii) of the Act;
(c)a proceeding under section 88 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 and to which section 94(1) of that Act applies;
(d)a proceeding for an offence which is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006, except for a proceeding under section 49 of the Road Safety Act 1986;
(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;
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(g)a proceeding for an order to remove a prisoner from a prison and to have the prisoner brought before the Court under regulation 23(1) of the Corrections Regulations 2019[12];
(h)a proceeding under a provision specified in an item of column 2 of Schedule 1.
7Powers of judicial registrars in certain criminal proceedings and certain related proceedings
(1)A judicial registrar may exercise all or any powers of the Court under section 59 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 in a criminal proceeding for a summary offence or an indictable offence triable summarily.
(1A)A judicial registrar may exercise all or any powers of the Court under any of the following provisions in a criminal proceeding for a summary offence or an indictable offence triable summarily—
(a)section 26(2) of the Bail Act 1977;
(b)section 80(1)(b), 81 or 330(4) or (5) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.
(2)A judicial registrar may exercise all or any powers of the Court under the following provisions, if the exercise of the power is incidental to the exercise by a judicial registrar of the Court's powers referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a)Division 1 of Part 3 and Part 10 of the Confiscation Act 1997;
(b)section 151 of the Firearms Act 1996.
(3)A judicial registrar may exercise all or any powers of the Court under section 83AT of the Sentencing Act 1991 in relation to a contravention of section 83AC of that Act, if the contravention under section 83AC relates to an order made by a judicial registrar under section 72 or 75 of the Sentencing Act 1991.
(4)A judicial registrar may exercise all or any of the powers of the Court under section 61B of the Marine (Drug, Alcohol and Pollution Control) Act 1988.
Division 2—Civil matters
8Civil proceedings that may be dealt with by judicial registrars
A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court in any of the following proceedings—
(a)subject to Rules 10, 11 and 12—
(i)subject to subparagraph (ia), a proceeding for a cause of action for damages or a debt or a liquidated demand or under an Act if the amount claimed, or value of relief sought, is less than $25 000;
Examples
Subparagraph (i) includes the following—
·complaints referred to arbitration in accordance with Division 2 of Part 5 of the Act;
·applications for summary judgment under section 63 of the Civil Procedure Act 2010;
·proceedings under section 5, 6 or 7 of the Instruments Act 1958.
(ia)a proceeding for a cause of action for damages arising from a motor vehicle collision, other than a claim under a contract of insurance relating to the motor vehicle collision;
(ii)an interlocutory or other application—
(A)within a proceeding of a kind referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ia); or
(B)within any other proceeding for a cause of action for damages or a debt or a liquidated demand or under an Act where the amount claimed, or value of relief sought, is $25 000 or more and within the jurisdictional limit;
Examples
Subparagraph (ii) includes the following—
·a proceeding or part of a proceeding that has been referred under section 107(1) of the Act;
·an application under section 110 of the Act for an order to set aside a final order in a proceeding made against a person who did not appear in the proceeding and that the proceeding be re-heard;
·a proceeding to which section 128(1) or (3) of the Act applies (power to adjourn proceeding).
(b)subject to Rules 10 and 11, a proceeding under the Fences Act 1968 for an order of the Court under section 30C(1) of that Act (other than a proceeding for an order under that section where the amount claimed, or value of relief sought, is $25 000 or more);
(c)a proceeding under section 5(1), 6(7)(b), 8, 13, 14, 17(2) or 18 of the Judgment Debt Recovery Act 1984;
(d)subject to Rule 13, a proceeding under the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010;
(da)a substituted proceeding within the meaning of section 57A of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998;
(e)an application referred to in Rule 17(2).
9Judicial registrars may make final orders by consent
Without limiting Rule 8 but subject to Rules 10, 11, 12 and 13, a judicial registrar may, with the consent of the parties to a proceeding, deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court to make final orders in the proceeding.
10Judicial registrars cannot deal with claims for equitable relief in any proceeding
A judicial registrar cannot deal with and exercise any powers of the Court in any proceeding for a claim for equitable relief.
Examples
A judicial registrar cannot, in a proceeding, do any of the following—
·make a freezing order under Order 37A of the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020;
·make a search order under Order 37B of the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020;
·grant an injunction under Order 38 of the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020.
11Restrictions on certain powers of judicial registrars in civil proceedings
The powers of a judicial registrar in a proceeding to which Rule 8 applies do not include a power of the Court under any of the following Rules under the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020—
(a)Rules 12.02 and 12.07, if the amount claimed, or value of relief sought, in the proceeding is $25 000 or more;
(b)Rule 15.08(1);
(c)Rule 37.01, other than the power in relation to the inspection of property;
(d)Rule 37.02.
12Judicial registrars cannot deal with proceedings under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 or Family Law Act 1975
A judicial registrar cannot deal with and exercise any powers of the Court in a proceeding under—
(a)the Family Violence Protection Act 2008; or
(b)the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth.
13Judicial registrars cannot exercise powers under Part 8 of the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010
A judicial registrar cannot deal with and exercise any powers of the Court under Part 8 of the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 in a proceeding under that Act.
Division 3—General
14Judicial registrars may deal with and exercise the powers of a registrar
The powers of a judicial registrar include a power to deal with and exercise all or any of the powers of a registrar under the Act and any other Act or the Rules.
15Judicial registrars constitute and are delegated the powers of the Court
In hearing and determining any proceeding to which this Part applies—
(a)the judicial registrar constitutes the Court for that purpose; and
(b)the same powers that the Court has in hearing and determining the proceeding are delegated to the judicial registrar.
Part 3—Review of determinations of judicial registrars
16Review of determination of Court constituted by judicial registrar
(1)An application under section 16K(3)(a) of the Act for review of a determination of the Court constituted by a judicial registrar must be—
(a)in Form 1; and
(b)accompanied by an affidavit that must state the reasons for the application.
(2)The application and the affidavit must be filed within 14 days after the day on which the determination was made.
(3)The Court may extend time under paragraph (2) before or after the time expires, whether or not an application is made before the time expires.
(4)The application for the review must be determined by the Court—
(a)after consideration of the application and the accompanying affidavit; and
(b)unless the Court otherwise directs, without notice to any person.
17Stay
(1)The filing of an application referred to in Rule 16 does not operate as a stay of any order made by the Court constituted by a judicial registrar.
(2)A party to a proceeding making an application referred to in Rule 16 may apply to either of the following for a stay of any order referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a)the Court constituted by the judicial registrar which made the order;
(b)the Court constituted by a magistrate.
18Direction for review of determination operates as stay of order of judicial registrar
If the Court directs that the hearing and determination of a proceeding by the Court constituted by a judicial registrar be reviewed, the direction operates as a stay on any order made by the judicial registrar in the proceeding, unless the Court otherwise orders.
19Notification of direction for review
A person who obtains from the Court a stay of an order by a judicial registrar must notify all other parties of the stay.
Form 1—Application for review
Rule 16(1)
In the Magistrates' Court of Victoria at [venue of Court] No.
In the matter of an application under section 16K(3)(a) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989.
BETWEEN [name of party] [title of party e.g. Plaintiff or
Defendant or Informant]
AND [name of party] [title of party]
APPLICATION FOR REVIEW
Date of document: |
| Filed on behalf of the: [title of party] |
Prepared by: [insert details] |
TAKE NOTICE that the abovementioned [title of party] applies, under section 16K(3)(a) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989, for review of the hearing and determination of this proceeding constituted by [name of judicial registrar], a judicial registrar, on [insert date] by the Court constituted by a magistrate.
*The order made by the judicial registrar in the proceeding was that [insert details of order made].
OR
*A copy of the order made by the judicial registrar in the proceeding is attached [attach copy of order].
Dated:
(Signed by the party making the application
or the party's Australian lawyer)
*Delete if inapplicable
Schedule 1—Powers of the Court exercisable by judicial registrars in certain proceedings
Column 1
Item No.
Column 2
Provision
Road Safety Act 1986 1 s. 18AA(2) 2 s. 19(5) 3 s. 19(7) 4 s. 19(7A) 5 s. 19(7B) 6 s. 28B 7 s. 30(1) 8 s. 30AA 9 s. 30A 10 s. 31B 11 s. 31H 12 s. 32 13 s. 32A 14 s. 33A 15 s. 33B 16 s. 33I(1) 17 s. 33I(3) 18 s. 33J 19 s. 49 20 s. 49B 21 s. 49C 22 s. 50AAA(2) 23 s. 50AAAC(3) 24 s. 50AAD 25 s. 50AAK 26 s. 55(9D) 27 s. 55B 28 s. 55C(4) 29 s. 55C(7) 30 s. 55C(8) 31 s. 55E(16) 32 s. 56(2) 33 s. 56(7) 34 s. 58B(2) 35 s. 59(2)(a) 36 s. 59(2)(b) 37 s. 59(2)(c) 38 s. 59(8) 39 s. 61(5) 40 s. 61A(5) 41 s. 62(3) 42 s. 65(2) 43 s. 65A 44 s. 65BA 45 s. 68A(1) 46 s. 68A(1A) 47 s. 68A(2) 48 s. 68A(3) 49 s. 68A(4) 50 s. 68B 51 s. 69 52 s. 70 53 s. 71 54 s. 72(1) 55 s. 72(1A) 56 s. 72(2) 57 s. 73 58 s. 73A 59 s. 74 60 s. 74A 61 s. 84BEA 62 s. 84BI 63 s. 84GB 64 s. 84H(3A) 65 s. 84P 66 s. 84QA(3) 67 s. 84QA(4) 68 s. 84QA(6) 69 s. 84S 70 s. 84T 71 s. 84V 72 s. 84X 73 s. 84Y(4) 74 s. 84Z 75 s. 84ZA 76 s. 84ZAB 77 s. 84ZAC 78 s. 84ZB(6) 79 s. 84ZF 80 s. 84ZP 81 s. 84ZV 82 s. 85N(2) 83 s. 85O(2) 84 s. 85W 85 s. 87(1F) 86 s. 87(1H) 87 s. 88(7) 88 s. 89BA 89 s. 89C(6) 90 s. 89D(5) 91 s. 90C 92 s. 90E 93 s. 99A 94 s. 112(4) 95 s. 112(5) 96 s. 132(5) 97 s. 133(3) 98 s. 135 99 s. 136 100 s. 142(6) 101 s. 142(8) 102 s. 144 103 s. 148 104 s. 149 105 s. 171 106 s. 172 107 s. 173 108 s. 176(2) 109 s. 176(3) 110 s. 176(4) 111 s. 189
Domestic Animals Act 1994 112 s. 19(2) 113 s. 28A 114 s. 29(6) 115 s. 29(7) 116 s. 29(8) 117 s. 33 118 s. 37(1) 119 s. 37(1A) 120 s. 37(1B) 121 s. 37(1BA) 122 s. 40 123 s. 41 124 s. 41D(d) 125 s. 41HA 126 s. 41J(1) 127 s. 41J(1A) 128 s. 41J(5) 129 s. 41J(6) 130 s. 41K 131 s. 41L 132 s. 44AD 133 s. 58A 134 s. 58C 135 s. 63C 136 s. 63E 137 s. 63N(2) 138 s. 63Z(1) 139 s. 64(1) 140 s. 65(5) 141 s. 68I(2) 142 s. 68W 143 s. 73A 144 s. 75 145 s. 76(1) 146 s. 76(3) 147 s. 76(5) 148 s. 76B 149 s. 84D(1) 150 s. 84D(2) 151 s. 84GA 152 s. 84V 153 s. 84W 154 s. 84WA 155 s. 84WAB 156 s. 84WC 157 s. 84WD 158 s. 84WE 159 s. 84WF 160 s. 84WG 161 s. 84X 162 s. 84XC 163 s. 84XE 164 s. 84XH 165 s. 84Z(1) 166 s. 84Z(2) 167 s. 84Z(3) 168 s. 84ZA 169 s. 97 170 s. 100B 171 s. 102(4) North East Link Act 2020 172 s. 65(1) 173 s. 74(3) 174 s. 76 175 s. 77(1) 176 s. 77(2) 177 s. 82(3) 178 s. 100(1)
Dated: 11 December 2015
PETER LAURITSEN,
Chief MagistrateBARRY BRAUN,
Deputy Chief MagistrateDANIEL MULING,
Deputy Chief Magistrate
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Endnotes
1 General information
See for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015, S.R. No. 154/2015 were made on 11 December 2015 by the Chief Magistrate together with 2 Deputy Chief Magistrates jointly under sections 16 and 16I of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989, No. 51/1989 and came into operation on 14 December 2015: rule 3.
The Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 11 December 2025 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
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Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure and Judicial Registrars (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2016, S.R. No. 135/2016
Date of Making: 18.11.16 Date of Commencement: Rules 6–8 on 21.11.16: rule 3
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2018, S.R. No. 28/2018
Date of Making: 9.3.18 Date of Commencement: 13.3.18: rule 3
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2019, S.R. No. 24/2019
Date of Making: 28.3.19 Date of Commencement: 29.3.19: rule 3
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Further Amendment Rules 2019, S.R. No. 95/2019
Date of Making: 10.10.19 Date of Commencement: 11.10.19: rule 3
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2020, S.R. No. 39/2020
Date of Making: 25.5.20 Date of Commencement: 1.6.20: rule 3
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2021, S.R. No. 41/2021
Date of Making: 28.4.21 Date of Commencement: 30.4.21: rule 3
Magistrates' Court Chapter II and Judicial Registrars Amendment (Federal Jurisdiction Matters) Rules 2021, S.R. No. 143/2021
Date of Making: 24.11.21 Date of Commencement: Rule 6 on 29.11.21: rule 3
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Further Amendment Rules 2021, S.R. No. 168/2021
Date of Making: 14.12.21 Date of Commencement: 15.12.21: rule 3
Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2022, S.R. No. 33/2022
Date of Making: 26.5.22 Date of Commencement: 30.5.22: rule 3
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3 Explanatory details
[1] Rule 4(a): S.R. No. 166/2005 as amended by S.R. Nos 86/2007, 34/2009, 6/2010, 123/2011, 150/2011, 119/2012, 120/2013, 28/2014, 179/2014 and 32/2015.
[2] Rule 4(b): S.R. No. 86/2007.
[3] Rule 4(c): S.R. No. 34/2009.
[4] Rule 4(d): S.R. No. 6/2010.
[5] Rule 4(e): S.R. No. 123/2011.
[6] Rule 4(f): S.R. No. 150/2011.
[7] Rule 4(g): S.R. No. 119/2012.
[8] Rule 4(h): S.R. No. 120/2013.
[9] Rule 4(i): S.R. No. 28/2014.
[10] Rule 4(j): S.R. No. 179/2014.
[11] Rule 4(k): S.R. No. 32/2015.
[12] Rule 6(g): S.R. No. 27/2019 as amended by S.R. No. 46/2019.
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