Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsADR 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 95.
approved form means a form approved by the rules committee under section 118A.
authorised auditor means—
(a) the auditor-general; or
(b) a person authorised, in writing, by the auditor-general.
case appraisal see section 97.
case appraiser means a person appointed as a case appraiser under a referring order.
Chief Justice means the Chief Justice of Queensland.
condition includes term.
costs assessment means an assessment of costs under an Act, the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 or an order of the court.
costs assessor means—
(a) a registrar approved to assess costs under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999; or
(b) a person appointed to assess costs under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999.
court—
(a) for part 7, see section 72; and
(b) for part 9, see section 117; and
(c) otherwise, means the Supreme Court of Queensland.
dispute means—
(a) a dispute in a proceeding; 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.
division means a division of the court.
enforcement hearing means a hearing to obtain information to facilitate the enforcement of a money order.
enforcement officer, for a court, means a sheriff, deputy sheriff or bailiff of the court.
enforcement warrant means a warrant to enforce an order (but not an order for the payment of an amount into court).
exempt property means property that is not divisible among the creditors of a bankrupt under the relevant bankruptcy law as in force from time to time.
Full Court means the Full Court of the Supreme Court, and includes the Supreme Court sitting as the Court of Criminal Appeal and the court as a court consisting of 2 or more judges.
judge means a judge of the court.
judge of appeal includes the President of the Court of Appeal.
judicial registrar means a judicial registrar of the District Court.
lawyer means an Australian lawyer who, under the Legal Profession Act 2007, may engage in legal practice in this State.
mediation see section 96.
mediator means a person appointed as a mediator under a referring order.
money order means an order of the court, or part of an order of the court, for the payment of an amount, including an amount for damages, whether or not the amount is or includes an amount for interest or costs.
money order debt means the amount payable under a money order.
non-money order means an order of the court, or part of an order of the court, for a form of relief other than the payment of an amount.
partnership see the Partnership Act 1891, section 5.
party means a party to a dispute.
person under a legal incapacity means—
(a) a person with impaired capacity; or
(b) a young person.
person with impaired capacity means a person who is not capable of making the decisions required of a litigant for conducting proceedings or who is deemed by an Act to be incapable of conducting proceedings.
practice list means a list to which originating or other applications are assigned for hearing or another purpose, including, for example, case management.
President means the President of the Court of Appeal.
proceeding means a proceeding in a court (whether or not between parties), and includes—
(a) an incidental proceeding in the course of, or in connection with, a proceeding; and
(b) an appeal or stated case.
referring order means an order made under section 102 referring a dispute to an ADR process.
registrar—
(a) includes—
(i) for the Supreme Court—a deputy registrar of the Supreme Court; or
(ii) for the District Court—a deputy registrar of the District Court; or
(iii) for a Magistrates Court—a deputy registrar of a Magistrates Court; and
(b) does not include a judicial registrar.
remuneration includes salary, pension, leave of absence (whether annual leave, long leave or leave on account of illness or otherwise) and any other allowance, benefit or entitlement in respect of judicial service, whether paid or provided to a judge or his or her spouse, surviving spouse, child or estate or otherwise.
rules means rules of court of the court, and includes rules of court of the Court of Appeal and the Trial Division.
rules committee see section 118C.
stated case means—
(a) a case stated under an Act or the rules by the court in the Trial Division or a judge; or
(b) a case stated under an Act by another court or a judge of another court, or a justice or other person, for the opinion, decision, direction or determination of the court.
Supreme Court precincts means any land or building, or the part of any land or building, used for the purposes of the court.
this Act includes the rules.
trial judge, for a trial, means the judge before whom the trial takes place.
young person means an individual who is under 18 years.