Criminal Procedure Act 1986 No 209
Current version for 13 May 2013 to date (accessed 21 May 2013 at 02:05)
134 Purpose
(1) The purpose of this Division is to reduce delays in proceedings on
indictment by:(a) requiring certain pre-trial disclosure by the prosecution and the
defence, and
(b) enabling the court to undertake case management where suitable in
those proceedings, whether on its own motion or on application by a party to
the proceedings.
(2) Case management measures that are available to the court under
this Division include the ordering of pre-trial hearings, pre-trial
conferences and further pre-trial disclosure. The court has a discretion in
determining which (if any) of those measures are suitable in the proceedings
concerned.