Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 2004 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 13 April 2012 of the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004	48 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)
Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004 s. 37	45 of 2004	9 Nov 2004	1 Feb 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jan 2005 p. 163)
Acts Amendment (Justice) Act 2008 Pt. 16	5 of 2008	31 Mar 2008	30 Sep 2008 (see s. 2(d) and Gazette 11 Jul 2008 p. 3253)
Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 678	21 of 2008	27 May 2008	1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511)
Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 s. 129	16 of 2011	25 May 2011	29 Aug 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 26 Aug 2011 p. 3475)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 27	47 of 2011	25 Oct 2011	26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 1: The Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 as at 13 Apr 2012 (includes amendments listed above)

^1a On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in compiling the reprint. 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
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 5 Div. 3 4	60 of 2011	14 Dec 2011	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

² Formerly referred to the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 the short title of which was changed to the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 by the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004 s. 5.
The reference was changed under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(gb).

³ Repealed by the Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004.

⁴ On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 5 Div. 3 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

Part 5 — Amendments to other Acts

Division 3 — Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 amended

101. Act amended

This Division amends the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004.

102. Section 7 amended

In section 7(1) in the definition of trader delete “an owner” and insert

a lessor

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)
agent 30(1)
allowable costs 31(1)
appeal court 43(1)
applicable costs determination 3(1)
case 3(1)
case management power 3(1)
case statement 3(1)
claim 3(1)
claimant 3(1)
compulsory mediation 34
consumer 7(1)
consumer/trader claim 3(1)
contract 7(1)
corporation 3(1)
costs application 37(1)
counterclaim 9(1)
Court 3(1)
defence 3(1)
general procedure 26(1)
goods 7(1)
jurisdictional limit 4
legal practitioner 3(1)
lower court 43(1)
magistrate 3(1)
mediator 34
minor case 3(1), 26(1)
minor cases jurisdictional limit 3(1)
minor cases procedure 3(1)
officer 3(1)
party 3(1)
person under a legal disability 3(1)
public authority 3(1)
rules of court 3(1)
services 7(1)
settle 3(1)
superior court 39(1)
trader 7(1)