Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MAGISTRATES COURT (CIVIL PROCEEDINGS) RULES 2005 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Rules 2005 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Rules 2005	28 Apr 2005 p. 1651‑709	1 May 2005 (see r. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7127)
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Amendment Rules 2007	24 Aug 2007 p. 4328‑32	r. 1 and 2: 24 Aug 2007 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 25 Aug 2007 (see r. 2(b))
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2008	3 Jun 2008 p. 2123‑38	r. 1 and 2: 3 Jun 2008 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Sep 2008 (see r. 2(b))
Reprint 1: The Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Rules 2005 as at 17 Jul 2009 (includes amendments listed above)
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Amendment Rules 2010	2 Jul 2010 p. 3191-5	r. 1 and 2: 2 Jul 2010 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 3 Jul 2010 (see r. 2(b))
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Amendment Rules 2011	20 May 2011 p. 1841-6	r. 1 and 2: 20 May 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 21 May 2011 (see r. 2(b))
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2011	27 Oct 2011 p. 4556‑7	r. 1 and 2: 27 Oct 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 28 Oct 2011 (see r. 2(b))
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Amendment Rules 2012	23 Mar 2012 p. 1366‑8	r. 1 and 2: 23 Mar 2012 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1, 2, 4(1) and (2): 24 Mar 2012 (see r. 2(c)); r. 4(1) and (2): 2 Apr 2012 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 13 Mar 2012 p. 1033)

² The Public Trustee Act 1941 s. 40, as inserted by the Public Trustee and Trustee Companies Legislation Amendment Act 2008 s. 25(1), does not refer to the “Common Fund” but to a “Fund”.

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)
application 4, 123
approved form 4
child 116
claimant 65(1)
conferring Act 123
counterclaim 4
default judgment 4
defendant 4, 65(1)
determined value 87
enforcement officer 4
first party 66
listing conference 4
lodge 4
order 4
originating claim 4
partnership 4
party 135(1)
personal service 4
post‑offer costs 65(1)
pre‑trial conference 4
Public Trustee 4
Registrar 4
represented person 116
response 4
serve 4
serve personally 4
subsequent party 66
successful party 4
the Act 4
third party 4
third party claim 4
trial date 4
unsuccessful party 4
working day 4