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MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL JURISDICTION) ACT 1982 (REPEALED) - SECT 499

Application of former procedural provisions to new proceedings

    (1)     Subject to this Act, the provisions of the Magistrates Court Act 1930 specified in table 499, column 1, and the provisions of the Magistrates Court Rules 1932 specified in table 499, column 2, continue to apply, so far as they are capable of application and with necessary modifications and adaptations, in relation to proceedings instituted after the commencement of this Act:

Table 499

column 1

applicable provisions of
Magistrates Court Act 1930

column 2

applicable provisions of
Magistrates Court Rules 1932

part 1

part 2

part 3 division 1

section 54A

section 60

part 5 division 4

part 9 (other than divisions 9.1 and 9.3)

part 12

part 15

schedule 1 (so far as the forms in it are relevant for the purposes of any of the abovementioned applicable provisions)

part 1

part 3

part 19

schedule 1 (so far as the forms in it are relevant for the purposes of any of the abovementioned applicable provisions)

    (2)     For the application, under subsection (1), of the provisions specified in table 499 in that subsection in relation to proceedings instituted after the commencement of this Act—

        (a)     a reference in any of those provisions to the Magistrates Court Act 1930 is a reference to this Act; and

        (b)     a reference in any of those provisions to a particular provision of that Act, being a provision to which a provision of this Act corresponds, is a reference to that corresponding provision.

    (3)     Without limiting subsection (1), in the application, under that subsection, of the provisions specified in table 499 in that subsection in relation to proceedings instituted after the commencement of this Act—

        (a)     a reference in any of those provisions to an action is a reference to proceedings; and

        (b)     a reference in any of those provisions to a complaint is a reference to a claim or an application under section 22, as the case requires; and

        (c)     a reference in any of those provisions to a notice of intention to defend is a reference to a notice of grounds of defence; and

        (d)     a reference in any of those provisions to an order of the court is a reference to a judgment or order of the court given or entered in proceedings.



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