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The primary criminal statute of the Northern Territory is the Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT). The Northern Territory has also exhaustively codified its criminal laws in a manner similar to Queensland and Western Australia. [29] The NT Criminal Code Act 1983, was drafted with cose reference to both the Queensland and WA Criminal Codes. [citation ...
The Local Court of New South Wales hears civil matters of a monetary value of up to $100,000; mental health matters; family law and/or child care matters; adult criminal proceedings, including committal hearings, and summary prosecutions for summary offences (i.e., offences of a less serious nature) and indictable offences; licensing issues (as the Licensing Court); industrial matters; and ...
Unlike other Australian District Courts, the District Court of Western Australia is not an inferior court in respect of its criminal justidiction. [9] It is a superior court, meaning it has unlimited jurisdiction for criminal matters and derives its power from legislation. The District Court is given the jurisdiction to hear criminal cases. [10]
The Court's civil jurisdiction is generally limited to claims less than A$1,250,000. The District Court has had its current structure since reforms during 1973 which created a single court with a statewide criminal and civil jurisdiction. [1] [2] The Chief Judge of the District Court, since 2014, is the Honourable Justice Sarah Huggett. [3]
The Local Court of the Northern Territory is one of two levels of court in the Northern Territory of Australia. It has jurisdiction in civil disputes up to A$250,000, and in criminal cases in the trial of summary offences, and also deals with preliminary matters for indictable offences which are then heard by the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.
The Magistrates Court of South Australia is the lowest level court in the state of South Australia. The Magistrates Court, then known as the Court of Petty Sessions, was established in 1837, by the Court of Sessions Act 1837. [1] It has both original and appellate jurisdiction and hears matters specified in the Magistrates Court Act 1991 (SA). [2]
The Australian Government did not invoke the provisions of the statute until 1942. The High Court also followed the decisions of the Privy Council during the first half of the twentieth century. Complete legislative independence was finally established by the Australia Act 1986, passed by the United Kingdom Parliament. It removed the ...
The Supreme Court consists of a General Division (equivalent to the Trial Division in other states) and the Court of Appeal. The General Division deals with serious criminal matters, civil cases where the dispute is of a complex nature or the amount claimed is greater than $750,000, [4] criminal appeals from the Magistrates Court and appeals from other bodies such as the State Administrative ...