Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 3

3 .         Terms used

        (1)         In these rules, unless the contrary intention appears —

        accused means a person who has been committed to the District Court or Supreme Court for trial or sentence or who is the subject of an indictment that has been lodged in one of those courts;

        clerk of arraigns , in relation to proceedings before a court, means the associate to the judge sitting in the proceedings;

        court means the Supreme Court or, subject to the CPA section 124(2), the District Court, as the case requires;

        CPA means the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 ;

        criminal appeal means an appeal under the Criminal Appeals Act 2004 Part 2 Division 2;

        DPP means the Director of Public Prosecutions for the State or for the Commonwealth, as the case requires;

        Form , if followed by a number, means the form of that number in Schedule 1;

        lodge a document, means to lodge it with the court concerned;

        offender means a person convicted of an offence;

        registrar means a registrar of the court concerned;

        working day means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a public holiday.

        (2)         A term defined in the CPA has the same meaning in these rules as it does in the CPA, unless the contrary intention appears.