Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MAGISTRATES COURT (GENERAL) RULES 2005 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Magistrates Court (General) 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 (General) Rules 2005	28 Apr 2005 p. 1605‑49	1 May 2005 (see r. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7127)
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules 2005	8 Jul 2005 p. 3160	8 Jul 2005
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules 2007	24 Aug 2007 p. 4322‑7	r. 1-3: 24 Aug 2007 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1-3: 25 Aug 2007 (see r. 2(b))
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2007	23 Nov 2007 p. 5861‑5	r. 1 and 2: 23 Nov 2007 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 24 Nov 2007 (see r. 2(b))
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules 2008	8 Apr 2008 p. 1335‑9	r. 1 and 2: 8 Apr 2008 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 30 Sep 2008 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 11 Jul 2008 p. 3253)
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment (Road Traffic) Rules 2008	23 May 2008 p. 1991‑2	r. 1 and 2: 23 May 2008 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 2008 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Jun 2008 p. 2471)
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2008	3 Oct 2008 p. 4485‑7	r. 1 and 2: 3 Oct 2008 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 4 Oct 2008 (see r. 2(b))
Reprint 1: The Magistrates Court (General) Rules 2005 as at 13 Feb 2009 (includes amendments listed above)
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules 2010	7 Jan 2011 p. 51‑2	r. 1 and 2: 7 Jan 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 8 Jan 2011 (see r. 2(b))
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules 2011	15 Feb 2011 p. 536-8	r. 1 and 2: 15 Feb 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 4 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 20 May 2011 p. 1837)
Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2011	17 May 2011 p. 1823	r. 1 and 2: 17 May 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 18 May 2011 (see r. 2(b))

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)
Act 3, 47
approved form 3
approved recipient 41A(1)
contempt 29
civil case 28B
CPA 3
defendant 29
Director General 50
Form 3
lodge 3
non‑police registry 3
police registry 3
proceedings 15
record 15
registrar 15, 25(1)
registry 3
RTA 50
searchable information 41A(1)
special application 50