Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A reference in any
other Act or in any regulation, rule, local law, by-law or instrument made
under any other Act in force after the coming into operation of this Act, to a
Court of Session, the Chairman thereof, or any officer thereof, shall be read
as a reference to the Court, a District Court judge, or the corresponding
officer of the Court, as the case requires.
[(2) deleted]
(3) The Court is a
court within the meaning of the term “Court” in the
Evidence Act 1906 , and the Suitors’ Fund Act 1964 , and the
provisions thereof apply, with such modifications as circumstances require, to
the Court, a District Court judge and any officer of the Court.
[(4) deleted]
(5) Unless the context
otherwise requires, a reference in any other Act or in any regulation, rule,
local law, by-law, notice, proclamation or other statutory instrument made,
published or in force under this Act or any other Act to the Chairman, or
Chairman of Judges, of the District Court shall be read and construed as a
reference to the Chief Judge.
[Section 5 amended by No. 14 of 1970
s. 4; No. 40 of 1972 s. 4; No. 122 of 1984 s. 5;
No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 23 of 2002 s. 13; No. 59 of
2004 s. 85; No. 84 of 2004 s. 33.]