History Details

District Court of Western Australia Act 1969

2 May 2005 - 18 August 2005

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table^1a.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
District Court of Western Australia Act 1969	84 of 1969	17 Nov 1969	1 Apr 1970 (see s. 2 and Gazette 26 Mar 1970 p. 903)
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 1970	14 of 1970	29 Apr 1970	Section 3(b) proclaimed 18 May 1970 (see s. 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 Dec 1970	8 Dec 1970
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 1972	40 of 1972	16 Jun 1972	Sections 3-6, 8, 9 and 12: 13 Jul 1972 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 30 Jun 1972 p. 2098); section 11 proclaimed 13 July 1972 (see s. 2(3) and Gazette 30 Jun 1972 p. 2098); balance on assent
Acts Amendment (Judicial Salaries and Pensions) Act 1972, Part II	91 of 1972	4 Dec 1972	1 Jan 1973 (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Judicial Salaries and Pensions) Act 1974, Part II	23 of 1974	23 Oct 1974	1 Jul 1974 (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Judicial Salaries and Pensions) Act 1975, Part II	45 of 1975	18 Sep 1975	8 Aug 1975 (see s. 2)
District Court of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 1975	58 of 1975	24 Oct 1975	1 Jan 1976 (see s. 2 and Gazette 7 Nov 1975 p. 4125)
Acts Amendment (Jurisdiction of Courts) Act 1976, Part I	69 of 1976	6 Oct 1976	1 Jan 1977 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Dec 1976 p. 5028)
Acts Amendment (Expert Evidence) Act 1976, Part III	111 of 1976	25 Nov 1976	25 Nov 1976
Acts Amendment (Supreme Court and District Court) Act 1978, Part III	112 of 1978	12 Dec 1978	1 Apr 1970 (see s. 2)
Acts Amendment (Jurisdiction of Courts) Act 1981, Part II	118 of 1981	14 Dec 1981	1 Feb 1982 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Jan 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 Sep 1984	3 Oct 1984
District Court of Western Australia Amendment Act 1984	122 of 1984	27 Dec 1984	Sections 1-7, 12 and 13: 24 Jan 1985 (see s. 2(1)); sections 8-11 proclaimed 1 Mar 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Mar 1985 p. 777)
Acts Amendment (Sexual Assaults) Act 1985, Part V	74 of 1985	20 Nov 1985	1 Apr 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 28 Feb 1986 p. 605)
Acts Amendment (Financial Administration and Audit) Act 1985, section 3	98 of 1985	4 Dec 1985	1 Jul 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 1986 p. 2255)
Commercial Arbitration Act 1985, section 3	109 of 1985	7 Jan 1986	1 Apr 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 28 Feb 1986 p. 605)
Acts Amendment (Penalties for Contempt of Court) Act 1986, Part II	71 of 1986	4 Dec 1986	4 Dec 1986
Acts Amendment (Legal Practitioners, Costs and Taxation) Act 1987, Part IV	65 of 1987	1 Dec 1987	12 Feb 1988 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 12 Feb 1988 p. 397)
Judges' Salaries and Pensions Amendment Act 1987, section 8	82 of 1987	1 Dec 1987	1 Dec 1987
Supreme and District Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991, Part 3	14 of 1991	21 Jun 1991	21 Jun 1991
Acts Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 1992, section 6(8)	14 of 1992	17 Jun 1992	1 Aug 1992 (see s. 2 and Gazette 28 Jul 1992 p. 3671)
Acts Amendment (Jurisdiction and Criminal Procedure) Act 1992, Part 3	53 of 1992	9 Dec 1992	1 Mar 1993 (see s. 2 and Gazette 26 Jan 1993 p. 823)
Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993, Part 4	6 of 1993	27 Aug 1993	1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994, section 3(2)	32 of 1994	29 Jun 1994	1 October 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996, section 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1996, Part 3	36 of 1996	10 Oct 1996	10 Oct 1996
Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996, section 64	49 of 1996	25 Oct 1996	25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1))
Acts Amendment (Auxiliary Judges) Act 1997, Part 2	23 of 1997	18 Sep 1997	18 Sep 1997 (see s. 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997, section 48	57 of 1997	15 Dec 1997	15 Dec 1997 (see s. 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000, sections 3-7	27 of 2000	6 July 2000	Sections 3-5: 6 Jul 2000 (see s. 2(1)); sections 6 and 7: 28 Jul 2001 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 27 Jul 2001 p. 3797
State Records (Consequential Provisions) Act 2000, Part 3	53 of 2000	28 Nov 2000	1 Dec 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Nov 2001 p. 6067)
Vexatious Proceedings Restriction Act 2002 s. 13	23 of 2002	18 Sep 2002	28 Sep 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Sep 2002 p. 4877)
Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 Pt. 17	28 of 2003	22 May 2003	1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2579)
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Courts and Legal Practice) Act 2003 s. 32, 111, 125	65 of 2003	4 Dec 2003	1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722)
Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004 s. 32	45 of 2004	9 Nov 2004	1 Feb 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jan 2005 p. 163)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 10 ⁷	59 of 2004	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 Pt. 7 ⁸	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

^1aOn 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 title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
State Superannuation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000 s. 75 ⁵	43 of 2000	2 Nov 2000	To 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
⁴ No longer applicable.

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 as follows:

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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
........………………………………………..	……..
District Court of Western Australia Act 1969	s. 15
........………………………………………..	……..

⁶

Footnote no longer applicable.

⁷ The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 contains transitional provisions about enforcing judgments given before the Civil Judgments Enforcement Act 2004 commenced.

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