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A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992

No. 49 of 1992

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Section
  1.      Short title
  2.      Commencement
         PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988
  3.      Principal Act
  4.      Definitions
  5.      Power of Assembly to make laws
  6.      Matters excluded from power to make laws
  7.      Certain laws converted into enactments
  8.      Insertion of new Part:
         PART VA—THE JUDICIARY
           48A. Jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court
           48B. Retirement age of Judges etc. of the Supreme Court
           48C. Judicial commission
           48D. Removal of a judicial officer from office
  9.      Remuneration and allowances
         PART 3—AMENDMENTS OF THE A.C.T. SELF-GOVERNMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1988
 10.      Principal Act
 11.      Title
 12.      Insertion of new sections:
           29A. Judicial officers of the Supreme Court of the A.C.T.—savings
           29B. Proceedings in the Supreme Court etc.—savings

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued

Section
       PART 4—OTHER AMENDMENTS ETC.
  13.   Amendments of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933
  14.   Renumbering of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933
  15.   Other consequential amendments
  16.   Cessation of certain modifications of Act
  17.   Repeal of Ordinance
       SCHEDULE 1
       AMENDMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY SUPREME COURT ACT 1933
       SCHEDULE 2
       OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992

No. 49 of 1992

An Act relating to the transfer of responsibility for the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory from the Commonwealth to the Territory, and for other purposes

[Assented to 17 June 1992]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992.

Commencement

  2. This Act commences on 1 July 1992.

PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (SELF-GOVERNMENT) ACT 1988

Principal Act

3. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 19881.

Definitions

4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definitions:

" 'Attorney-General of the Territory' means the Minister who has the responsibility for the administration of justice in the Territory;

'Chief Magistrate' means the Chief Magistrate appointed under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 of the Territory;

'judicial commission' means a body or authority established by the Assembly having the function (whether alone or together with another body or authority of the Territory) of investigating, and reporting to the Attorney-General of the Territory on, complaints concerning the conduct or the physical or mental capacity of a judicial officer;

'judicial officer' means:

  (a) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; or

    (b) a Judge (other than an additional Judge) of the Supreme Court; or

  (c)     the Master of the Supreme Court; or

  (d)     the Chief Magistrate; or

  (e)     a Magistrate; or

     (f) any other judicial office holder or member of