EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
High Court of Australia Act 1979
High Court of Australia Building and Precincts Directions for Regulating the Conduct of Persons
Subsection 19(2) of the High Court of Australia Act 1979 provides, in part, that “[t]he Chief Executive and Principal “has power, on behalf of the Court, to give directions in writing for the purposes of regulating the conduct of persons on any land or in any building” occupied by the Court and any adjacent land or building that is declared by Proclamation to be part of the precincts of the Court. The precincts of the Court were altered in 2008 by the High Court (Precincts) Proclamation 2008 F2008L03485.
The purpose of these Directions is to update the Directions made in 1995 by the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar pursuant to subsection 19(2) of the High Court of Australia Act 1979.
No consultation was undertaken as the Directions are mechanical in nature.
These Directions are a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.