Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Local Courts Act 1982 No 164. Assented to 24.12.1982. Date of commencement of secs 1 and 2, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.1.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 178 of 21.12.1984, p 6296. This Act has been amended as follows:

1984	No 142	Local Courts (Amendment) Act 1984. Assented to 4.12.1984.
	No 153	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984.
1986	No 100	Judicial Officers Act 1986. Assented to 18.11.1986. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 19.12.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 195 of 19.12.1986, p 6186.
1987	No 58	Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 29.5.1987. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 3 relating to the Local Courts Act 1982, 18.1.1988, sec 2 (5) and GG No 2 of 8.1.1988, p 10.
	No 238	Miscellaneous Acts (Victims Compensation) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement, 15.2.1988, sec 2 and GG No 28 of 12.2.1988, p 832.
	No 273	Miscellaneous Acts (Children’s Court and Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Local Courts Act 1982, 18.1.1988, sec 2 (2) (b), (3) (e) and GG No 8 of 15.1.1988, p 172.
1989	No 89	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989. Assented to 13.6.1989. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Local Courts Act 1982, 1.12.1990, sec 2 (2) and GG No 154 of 30.11.1990, p 10491.
1994	No 32	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.
	No 95	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Local Courts Act 1982, assent, Sch 1.
1995	No 21	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 19.6.1995. Date of commencement, 1.8.1995, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 21.7.1995, p 3754.
	No 88	Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 19.12.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 1.7, 8.3.1996, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 8.3.1996, p 1009.
1997	No 141	Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, 2.2.1998, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 30.1.1998, p 432.
1998	No 49	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 21, 3.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 24.7.1998, p 5602.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 137	Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.15, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 973.
	No 158	Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.20 [1], 18.12.2000, sec 2 and GG No 159 of 8.12.2000, p 12781; the amendment made by Sch 2.20 [2] was without effect as the section being amended was repealed by the Local Courts Amendment (Part-time Magistrates) Act 1999 No 69.
	No 172	Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 7, 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9951.
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 69	Local Courts Amendment (Part-time Magistrates) Act 1999. Assented to 30.11.1999. Date of commencement, 17.12.1999, sec 2 and GG No 141 of 17.12.1999, p 11905.
2001	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 70	Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 10.9.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 4 [1], assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 4 [2] and [3], 20.9.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 149 of 20.9.2002, p 8195.
	No 99	Courts Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 7.7.2003, sec 2 (1) and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5971.
2003	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.26 [1]–[4] [7] and [8], 7.7.2003, Sch 1.26 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978; date of commencement of Sch 1.26 [5] and [6], assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, assent, sec 2 (2).
2004	No 46	Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement, 1.7.2005, sec 2 and GG No 73 of 17.6.2005, p 2298.
2005	No 28	Civil Procedure Act 2005. Assented to 1.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 5.30 [1]–[7] [9] and [10], 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205; date of commencement of Sch 5.30 [8], 1.10.2005, sec 2 (2) and GG No 105 of 19.8.2005, p 4570.
	No 31	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 15.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 10, assent, sec 2 (1).
2006	No 23	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 17.5.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 58	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.6, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 61	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Gangs) Act 2006. Assented to 28.9.2006. Date of commencement, 15.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 186 of 15.12.2006, p 11523.
	No 73	Crimes Amendment (Apprehended Violence) Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.16, 12.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 9.3.2007, p 1711.
	No 107	Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 29.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1.20, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 56	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 15.11.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 7 [1]–[3] and [5], 14.12.2007, sec 2 (3) and GG No 182 of 14.12.2007, p 9537; date of commencement of Sch 7 [4], 1.1.2008, sec 2 (2) and GG No 175 of 30.11.2007, p 8671.
	No 80	Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement, 10.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 7.3.2008, p 1429.
	No 87	Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4.3, 20.10.2008, sec 2 (1) and GG No 132 of 17.10.2008, p 9976.
2008	No 53	Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 16, 1.9.2008, sec 2 (4).
	No 107	Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 8.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 15, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 112	Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 6.18, 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1).
2009	No 4	Crimes (Appeal and Review) Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 30.3.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).

Table of amendments

Long title	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [1].
Sec 3	Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 5.64.
Sec 4	Am 1994 No 95, Sch 1; 1995 No 21, Sch 3 [1]; 1998 No 158, Sch 2.20 [1]; 1999 No 69, Sch 1 [1]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [2] [3]; 2003 No 82, Sch 1.16 [1]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [1]; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.6 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 6.18.
Sec 7A	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [2].
Sec 8	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [4]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [3].
Secs 8A, 8B	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [5].
Sec 10	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1995 No 88, Sch 1. Subst 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [6].
Sec 10A	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [6].
Sec 10B	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [6]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.26 [1]–[3].
Sec 10C	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [6].
Sec 10CA	Ins 2007 No 56, Sch 7 [1].
Sec 10D	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [6]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.26 [4].
Sec 11	Am 2006 No 107, Sch 1.20 [1].
Sec 12	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1999 No 69, Sch 1 [2]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [7] [8]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.15 [1].
Sec 12A	Ins 1999 No 69, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 13	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1994 No 95, Sch 1; 1998 No 172, Sch 7 [1]; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.26 [5]; 2006 No 23, Sch 8 [1] [2].
Sec 14	Am 1987 No 58, Sch 3; 1987 No 238, Sch 1; 1987 No 273, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1998 No 120, Sch 2.22.
Sec 14A	Ins 2002 No 70, Sch 4 [1].
Sec 15	Am 1984 No 153, Sch 16; 1994 No 32, Sch 3.
Sec 16	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1995 No 21, Sch 3 [2].
Sec 17	Am 1989 No 89, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 3.
Secs 18, 19	Rep 1986 No 100, Sch 4. Ins 1995 No 21, Sch 3 [3]. Rep 1999 No 69, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 19A	Ins 1995 No 21, Sch 3 [3]. Rep 2005 No 31, Sch 10.
Sec 20	Am 1986 No 100, Sch 4. Subst 1994 No 32, Sch 3. Am 1994 No 95, Sch 1.
Sec 20A	Ins 2008 No 107, Sch 15.
Sec 21	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1997 No 141, Sch 1.9; 1998 No 137, Sch 2.15; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [9]; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.26 [6]; 2006 No 23, Sch 8 [3]–[5].
Sec 22	Subst 1989 No 89, Sch 1. Am 1999 No 69, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 23	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1994 No 95, Sch 1; 1999 No 69, Sch 1 [6]; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.6 [2].
Sec 24	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1994 No 95, Sch 1; 2003 No 82, Sch 1.16 [2].
Sec 25	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [8]; 2002 No 70, Sch 4 [2].
Sec 25A	Ins 2002 No 70, Sch 4 [3].
Sec 26	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [10]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [4].
Secs 27A, 27B	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [11].
Sec 28	Am 1989 No 89, Sch 1. Subst 1995 No 21, Sch 3 [4]. Am 2002 No 99, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [5].
Sec 28A	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [12]. Am 2002 No 99, Sch 1.5 [2] [3].
Sec 28B	Ins 2002 No 99, Sch 1.5 [4].
Part 5	Ins 1998 No 49, Sch 21.
Sec 29	Ins 1998 No 49, Sch 21. Am 2006 No 120, Sch 3.15 [2].
Secs 30–34	Ins 1998 No 49, Sch 21.
Part 6	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Part 6, Div 1	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Sec 35	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Sec 36	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13]. Am 2004 No 46, Sch 1.4; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [6]; 2006 No 61, Sch 3.2; 2006 No 73, Sch 3.16; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.17; 2007 No 87, Sch 4.3.
Part 6, Div 2	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Secs 37–41	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Sec 42	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13]. Am 2006 No 107, Sch 1.20 [2].
Secs 43–45	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Part 6, Div 3	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Secs 46–49	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Sec 50	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.6 [3].
Sec 51	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.6 [4].
Secs 52–57	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Sec 58	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.6 [5].
Secs 59–61	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13].
Sec 62	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.6 [6].
Sec 63	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.6 [7].
Sec 64	Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [13]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.26 [7] [8]; 2009 No 4, Sch 2.4.
Part 7, heading	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7]. Subst 2007 No 56, Sch 7 [2].
Part 7	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Part 7, Div 1, heading	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7]. Subst 2007 No 56, Sch 7 [3].
Part 7, Div 1	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Sec 65	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7]. Am 2007 No 56, Sch 7 [4].
Secs 66–69	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Part 7, Div 2 (secs 70, 71)	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Part 7, Div 3	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Sec 72	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Sec 73	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7]. Am 2008 No 53, Sch 16 [1].
Sec 74	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Sec 75	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7]. Am 2008 No 53, Sch 16 [2] [3].
Part 7, Div 4	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Sec 76	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7]. Am 2006 No 120, Sch 3.15 [3].
Secs 77, 78	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7].
Sec 79	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [7]. Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [8].
Sch 1	Am 1984 No 142, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1998 No 172, Sch 7 [2]–[4]; 1999 No 69, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.140 [14] [15]; 2002 No 99, Sch 1.5 [5]; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [9]; 2006 No 23, Sch 8 [6] [7]; 2007 No 56, Sch 7 [5]; 2008 No 53, Sch 16 [4] [5].
Sch 2	Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.30 [10].