History Details
District Court of Western Australia Act 1969
1 December 2001 - 27 September 2002
Notes

1 This is a compilation of the District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 and includes the amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table. For amendments that had not come into operation on the date on which this compilation was prepared see endnote 1a.

Compilation table
Short titleNumber and yearAssentCommencementMiscellaneous
District Court of Western Australia Act 196984 of 196917 November 1969Proclaimed
1 April 1970 (see section 2 and Gazette 26 March 1970 p.903)
Section 4: repeal and saving; Section 90: saving
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 197014 of 197029 April 1970Section 3(b) proclaimed 18 May 1970 (see section 2 and Gazette 18 May 1970 p.1331); balance on assent
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1970100 of 19708 December 19708 December 1970
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 197240 of 197216 June 1972Sections 3-6, 8, 9 and 12: 13 July 1972 (see section 2(2) and Gazette 30 June 1972 p.2098);
section 11 proclaimed
13 July 1972 (see section 2(3) and Gazette 30 June 1972 p.2098);
balance on assent
Acts Amendment (Judicial Salaries and Pensions) Act 1972,
Part II
91 of 19724 December 19721 January 1973 (see section 2)
Acts Amendment (Judicial Salaries and Pensions) Act 1974,
Part II
23 of 197423 October 1974Deemed operative 1 July 1974 (see section 2)
Acts Amendment (Judicial Salaries and Pensions) Act 1975,
Part II
45 of 197518 September 1975Deemed operative 8 August 1975 (see section 2)
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 197558 of 197524 October 1975Proclaimed
1 January 1976 (see section 2 and Gazette 7 November 1975 p.4125)
Acts Amendment (Jurisdiction of Courts) Act 1976,
Part I
69 of 19766 October 1976Proclaimed
1 January 1977 (see section 2 and Gazette 24 December 1976 p.5028)
Acts Amendment (Expert Evidence) Act 1976,
Part III
111 of 197625 November 197625 November 1976
Acts Amendment (Supreme Court and District Court) Act 1978,
Part III
112 of 197812 December 1978Deemed operative 1 April 1970 (see section 2)
Acts Amendment (Jurisdiction of Courts) Act 1981, Part II118 of 198114 December 1981Proclaimed
1 February 1982
(see section 2 and Gazette 22 January 1982 p.175)
Acts Amendment (Judicial Appointments) Act 1982,
Part III
7 of 19826 May 19826 May 1982
Acts Amendment (Abolition of Capital Punishment) Act 1984,
Part VIII
52 of 19845 September 19843 October 1984
District Court of Western Australia Amendment Act 1984122 of 198427 December 1984Sections 1-7, 12 and 13:
24 January 1985
(see section 2(1)); sections 8-11 proclaimed 1 March 1985 (see section 2
and Gazette 1 March 1985 p.777)
Acts Amendment (Sexual Assaults) Act 1985,
Part V
74 of 198520 November 1985Proclaimed
1 April 1986 (see section 2 and Gazette 28 February 1986 p.605)
Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985, section 398 of 19854 December 19851 July 1986 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 June 1986
p.2255)
Commercial Arbitration Act 1985,
section 3
109 of 19857 January 1986Proclaimed
1 April 1986 (see section 2 and Gazette 28 February 1986 p.605)
Acts Amendment (Penalties for Contempt of Court) Act 1986,
Part II
71 of 19864 December 19864 December 1986
Acts Amendment (Legal Practitioners, Costs and Taxation)
Act 1987,
Part IV
65 of 19871 December 1987Proclaimed
12 February 1988
(see section 2(2)
and Gazette 12 February 1988 p.397)
Judges' Salaries and Pensions Amendment Act 1987,
section 8
82 of 19871 December 19871 December 1987
Supreme and District Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991,
Part 3
14 of 199121 June 199121 June 1991
Acts Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 1992,
section 6(8)
14 of 199217 June 1992Proclaimed
1 August 1992
(see section 2 and Gazette 28 July 1992
p.3671)
Acts Amendment (Jurisdiction and Criminal Procedure) Act 1992,
Part 3
53 of 19929 December 1992Proclaimed
1 March 1993 (see section 2 and Gazette 26 January 1993 p.823)
Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993,
Part 4
6 of 199327 August 1993Deemed operative
1 July 1993 (see section 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994,
section 3(2)
32 of 199429 June 1994Proclaimed
1 October 1994
(see section 2 and Gazette 30 September 1994 p.4948)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996,
section 4
14 of 199628 June 19961 July 1996 (see section 2)
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1996,
Part 3
36 of 199610 October 199610 October 1996
Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996,
section 64
49 of 199625 October 199625 October 1996
(see section 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Auxiliary Judges) Act 1997,
Part 2
23 of 199718 September 199718 September 1997
(see section 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997,
section 48
57 of 199715 December 199715 December 1997 (see section 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000,
sections 3-7
27 of 20006 July 2000Sections 3-5:
6 July 2000 (see section 2(1));
sections 6 and 7: 28 July 2001 (see section 2(2) and Gazette 27 July 2001 p. 3797
State Records (Consequential Provisions) Act 2000,
Part 3
53 of 200028 November 20001 December 2001 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 November 2001 p.6067)
1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in compiling the reprint. For the text of the provisions see the endnote referred to after the short title.

Provisions that have not come into operation
Short titleNumber and yearAssentCommencement
State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 75 543 of 20002 Nov 2000To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

NB. The District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 is affected by the Supreme Court Amendment Act 1986 (No. 22 of 1986).

2 Repealed by the Auction Sales Act 1973 (No. 73 of 1973).

3 Under s.56 gazetted rates of interest ¾
21/2/75 ¾ 2/6/83 10% Gazette 21/2/75 p.641
3/6/83 ¾ 2/2/84 14% Gazette 3/6/83 p.1679
3/2/84 ¾ 2/1/86 13% Gazette 3/2/84 p.300
3/1/86 ¾ 3/12/87 14% Gazette 3/1/86 p.11
4/12/87 ¾ 13/4/89 13% Gazette 4/12/87 p.4326
14/4/89 ¾ 27/6/91 14% Gazette 14/4/89 p.1096
28/6/91 ¾ 18/5/92 12% Gazette 28/6/91 p.3120
19/5/92 ¾ 30/7/92 8.5% Gazette 19/5/92 p.2107
31/7/92 ¾ 11/9/97 8% Gazette 31/7/92 p.3743
12/9/97 ¾ 6% Gazette 12/9/97 p.5159

5 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 75 had not come into operation. It reads:

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75. Various provisions repealed

The provisions listed in the Table to this section are repealed.


Table of provisions repealed
Act
Provision
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District Court of Western Australia Act 1969
s. 15
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