Tasmanian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE (DELEGATED LEGISLATION) ACT 2003 (NO. 6 OF 2003) - SECT 5

5.  Section 2 amended (Regulations)

Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "on the recommendation of the judges" and substituting "on the recommendation of the judges as regards the Supreme Court or the magistrates as regards lower courts" ;

(b) by omitting from subsection (1)(a) "any court" and substituting "courts" ;

(c) by omitting from subsection (1)(b) "any court" and substituting "courts" ;

(d) by omitting from subsection (1)(c) "any court" and substituting "courts" ;

(e) by omitting from subsection (1)(d) "any court" and substituting "courts" ;

(f) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (3):

      (3A) Regulations made under this section may –

(a) authorise any matter to be determined, applied or regulated by –

(i) in the case of regulations for the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice or another person specified in the regulations; and

(ii) in the case of regulations for a lower court, the Chief Magistrate or another person, or a body, specified in the regulations; and

(b) provide for the appointment of persons to give directions to authorized officers and the giving of those directions.

      (3B) Regulations made under this section for any court may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003 .

      (3C) A provision referred to in subsection (3B) may, if the regulations so provide, take effect on the day on which Part 2 of the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003 commences or a later day.