Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement	Miscellaneous
District Court of Western Australia Act 1969	84 of 1969	17 November 1969	Proclaimed 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 1970	14 of 1970	29 April 1970	Section 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) 1970	100 of 1970	8 December 1970	8 December 1970
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 1972	40 of 1972	16 June 1972	Sections 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 1972	4 December 1972	1 January 1973 (see section 2)
Acts Amendment (Judicial Salaries and Pensions) Act 1974, Part II	23 of 1974	23 October 1974	Deemed operative 1 July 1974 (see section 2)
Acts Amendment (Judicial Salaries and Pensions) Act 1975, Part II	45 of 1975	18 September 1975	Deemed operative 8 August 1975 (see section 2)
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 1975	58 of 1975	24 October 1975	Proclaimed 1 January 1976 (see section 2 and Gazette 7 November 1975 p.4125)
Acts Amendment (Jurisdiction of Courts) Act 1976, Part I	69 of 1976	6 October 1976	Proclaimed 1 January 1977 (see section 2 and Gazette 24 December 1976 p.5028)
Acts Amendment (Expert Evidence) Act 1976, Part III	111 of 1976	25 November 1976	25 November 1976
Acts Amendment (Supreme Court and District Court) Act 1978, Part III	112 of 1978	12 December 1978	Deemed operative 1 April 1970 (see section 2)
Acts Amendment (Jurisdiction of Courts) Act 1981, Part II	118 of 1981	14 December 1981	Proclaimed 1 February 1982 (see section 2 and Gazette 22 January 1982 p.175)
Acts Amendment (Judicial Appointments) Act 1982, Part III	7 of 1982	6 May 1982	6 May 1982
Acts Amendment (Abolition of Capital Punishment) Act 1984, Part VIII	52 of 1984	5 September 1984	3 October 1984
District Court of Western Australia Amendment Act 1984	122 of 1984	27 December 1984	Sections 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 1985	20 November 1985	Proclaimed 1 April 1986 (see section 2 and Gazette 28 February 1986 p.605)
Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985, section 3	98 of 1985	4 December 1985	1 July 1986 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 June 1986 p.2255)
Commercial Arbitration Act 1985, section 3	109 of 1985	7 January 1986	Proclaimed 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 1986	4 December 1986	4 December 1986
Acts Amendment (Legal Practitioners, Costs and Taxation) Act 1987, Part IV	65 of 1987	1 December 1987	Proclaimed 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 1987	1 December 1987	1 December 1987
Supreme and District Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991, Part 3	14 of 1991	21 June 1991	21 June 1991
Acts Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 1992, section 6(8)	14 of 1992	17 June 1992	Proclaimed 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 1992	9 December 1992	Proclaimed 1 March 1993 (see section 2 and Gazette 26 January 1993 p.823)
Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993, Part 4	6 of 1993	27 August 1993	Deemed operative 1 July 1993 (see section 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994, section 3(2)	32 of 1994	29 June 1994	Proclaimed 1 October 1994 (see section 2 and Gazette 30 September 1994 p.4948)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996, section 4	14 of 1996	28 June 1996	1 July 1996 (see section 2)
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1996, Part 3	36 of 1996	10 October 1996	10 October 1996
Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996, section 64	49 of 1996	25 October 1996	25 October 1996 (see section 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Auxiliary Judges) Act 1997, Part 2	23 of 1997	18 September 1997	18 September 1997 (see section 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997, section 48	57 of 1997	15 December 1997	15 December 1997 (see section 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000, sections 3-7	27 of 2000	6 July 2000	Sections 3-5 operative 6 July 2000 (see section 2(1)); sections 6 and 7 to be proclaimed 1a

^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.

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

⁴ On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000 s. 6 and 7 had not come into operation. They read:

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6. Section 88 amended

(1) Section 88(2)(f) is deleted.

(2) Section 88(3) is repealed.

7. Section 89A inserted

After section 89 the following section is inserted ¾

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89A. Fees and poundage

(1) The Governor may make regulations prescribing or providing for ¾


(a) the fees payable in respect of any cause or matter in the Court;

(b) the fees payable in respect of the conduct of the business of any office of or connected with the Court; and

(c) the fees and poundage payable in respect of anything done by the bailiff or officers of the bailiff in or in relation to the execution of any writ, warrant or other process.


(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide for the waiver, reduction, refund or deferral of payment, with or without conditions, of fees or poundage.

(3) If a question arises as to the fee payable or applicable in a particular case, that question is to be determined by the Principal Registrar.

(4) Any person affected by the determination of the Principal Registrar under subsection (3) may have it reviewed by a District Court Judge in a summary manner.

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75. Various provisions repealed

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

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Part IX of the District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 is repealed.