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MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 2004 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Magistrates Court Act 2004 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1M, 1a, 3. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Magistrates Court Act 2004

47 of 2004

12 Nov 2004

s. 1 and 2: 12 Nov 2004;
Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7127)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 78, 80 and 82

84 of 2004

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations (Consequential Provisions) Act 2005 Pt. 8

24 of 2005

2 Dec 2005

1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 23 Dec 2005 p. 6244)

Criminal Investigation (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 s. 73

59 of 2006

16 Nov 2006

1 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Jun 2007 p. 2838)

Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4

77 of 2006

21 Dec 2006

1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)

State Superannuation Amendment Act 2007 s. 77

25 of 2007

16 Oct 2007

6 Dec 2007 (see s. 2(1)(b) and Gazette 5 Dec 2007 p. 5973)

Reprint 1: The Magistrates Court Act 2004 as at 4 Jan 2008 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Justice) Act 2008 Pt. 15

5 of 2008

31 Mar 2008

30 Sep 2008 (see s. 2(d) and Gazette 11 Jul 2008 p. 3253)

Cross-border Justice Act 2008 Pt. 15 Div. 2

7 of 2008

31 Mar 2008

1 Nov 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 9 Oct 2009 p. 3991)

Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 677

21 of 2008

27 May 2008

1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511)

Medical Practitioners Act 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 32

22 of 2008

27 May 2008

1 Dec 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Nov 2008 p. 4989)

Reprint 2: The Magistrates Court Act 2004 as at 15 May 2009 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Cross-border Justice Act 2008 Pt. 15 Div. 2)

Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 55

18 of 2009

16 Sep 2009

17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 Pt. 5 Div. 32

35 of 2010

30 Aug 2010

18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6)

1M Under the Cross-border Justice Act 2008 section 14, in order to give effect to that Act, this Act must be applied with the modifications prescribed by the Cross-border Justice Regulations 2009 Part 3 Division 13 as if this Act had been altered in that way. If a modification is to replace or insert a numbered provision, the new provision is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the provision number. If a modification is to replace or insert a definition, the new definition is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the defined term.

1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 4 Div. 30 4

8 of 2012

21 May 2012

Operative on commencement of the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 (see s. 2(d))

2 Repealed by the Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004.

3 The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 contains transitional provisions about enforcing judgments given before the Civil Judgments Enforcement Act 2004 commenced, including judgment of Local Courts.

4 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 4 Div. 30 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


Division 30 — Magistrates Court Act 2004 amended

125. Act amended

This Division amends the Magistrates Court Act 2004.

126. Section 33 amended

Delete section 33(7)(g) and insert:


(g) the CEO as defined in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 4;




Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
acting magistrate Sch. 1 cl. 9(1) and 10(1)
Attorney General Sch. 1 cl. 1
case 3
Chief Magistrate 3
contempt 16(1)
Court 3
Court officer 3
courtroom 3
deal with 3
document 3, 17(1)
electronic recording 33(1)
JP 3
legal experience Sch. 1 cl. 2(1)
legal practitioner Sch. 1 cl. 1
magistrate 3
prescribed 3
reasons 33(1)
record 3
registrar 3
remuneration Sch. 1 cl. 5(1)
review order 36(1)
rules of court 3





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