Queensland Consolidated Acts

DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 - SECT 3

In this Act—

action means a civil proceeding commenced by plaint.

ADR convenor means a mediator or case appraiser.

ADR costs means—

(a) for a mediation—

(i) the mediator's fee; and

(ii) the venue provider's fee for providing the venue; and

(iii) other costs prescribed under the rules; and

(b) for a case appraisal—

(i) the case appraiser's fee; and

(ii) the venue provider's fee for providing the venue; and

(iii) other costs prescribed under the rules.

ADR dispute means a dispute referred to an ADR process.

ADR process see section 90.

Australian lawyer see the Legal Profession Act 2007, schedule 2.

case appraisal see section 92.

case appraiser means a person appointed as a case appraiser under a referring order.

Chief Justice means the Chief Justice of Queensland or the acting Chief Justice of Queensland.

court means the District Court of Queensland.

dispute means—

(a) a dispute in an action; or

(b) something else about which the parties are in dispute that may be dealt with in a mediation at the same time as an ADR dispute.

district means a district of the District Court declared under section 7.

District Court means the District Court of Queensland.

District Court judge means a judge of the District Court of Queensland.

District Court jurisdiction Act means—

(a) the Commercial Arbitration Act 1990; or

(b) the Evidence Act 1977; or

(c) a law prescribed under a regulation for this definition.

goods includes money or bank notes, and cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, specialties, or other securities for money.

incorporated legal practice see the Legal Profession Act 2007, schedule 2.

judge means a judge of the District Court of Queensland.

judgment includes a judgment, order, or other decision or determination of the court.

judicial registrar means a judicial registrar of the District Court.

landlord means the person entitled to the immediate reversion of land, or, if it is held in joint tenancy, coparcenary, or tenancy in common, any 1 of the persons entitled to the reversion.

lawyer means an Australian lawyer who, under the Legal Profession Act 2007, may engage in legal practice in this State.

Magistrates Courts district means a district appointed under the Justices Act 1886 for the purpose of Magistrates Courts constituted under that Act.

matter means a proceeding in the Court commenced otherwise than by plaint.

mediation see section 91.

mediator means a person appointed as a mediator under a referring order.

party—

(a) in part 7, means a party to a dispute; and

(b) elsewhere (other than part 9), includes a person served with notice of or attending a proceeding, although not named in the record as a party to the dispute.

precincts, of the District Court, means any land or building, or the part of any land or building, used for the purposes of the court.

referring court, of a mediation or case appraisal, means the District Court at the place where the action was referred to mediation or case appraisal.

referring order means an order made under section 97 referring a dispute to an ADR process.

registrar includes the principal registrar and a deputy registrar of the District Court, but does not include a judicial registrar.

rules means the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999.