County Court (Oath and Affirmation of Office) Regulations 2024
S.R. No. 88/2024
Version as at
13 October 2024
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1 Objective 1
2 Authorising provision 1
3 Commencement 1
4 Revocation 1
5 Oath or affirmation of office 1
Schedule 1—Oath or affirmation of office 2
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Endnotes 3
1 General information 3
2 Table of Amendments 5
3 Explanatory details 6
Version No.001
County Court (Oath and Affirmation of Office) Regulations 2024
S.R. No. 88/2024
Version as at
13 October 2024
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe the form and manner of an oath of office and an affirmation of office for judicial registrars of the County Court.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 79A of the County Court Act 1958.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 13 October 2024.
4 Revocation
The County Court (Oath and Affirmation of Office) Regulations 2014[1] are revoked.
5 Oath or affirmation of office
For the purposes of section 17PA(1) of the County Court Act 1958—
(a) the prescribed form is set out in Schedule 1; and
(b) the prescribed manner is that the oath or affirmation of office must be administered by the Chief Judge or another judge.
Schedule 1—Oath or affirmation of office
Regulation 5
Oath of office of judicial registrar
I, [full name], swear by Almighty God [or the person may name a god recognised by the person's religion] that as a judicial registrar of the County Court in the State of Victoria, I will at all times and in all things discharge the duties of my office according to law and to the best of my knowledge and ability without fear, favour, affection or ill-will.
Affirmation of office of judicial registrar
I, [full name], solemnly and sincerely declare and affirm that as a judicial registrar of the County Court in the State of Victoria, I will at all times and in all things discharge the duties of my office according to law and to the best of my knowledge and ability without fear, favour, affection or ill-will.
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The County Court (Oath and Affirmation of Office) Regulations 2024, S.R. No. 88/2024 were made on 17 September 2024 by the Governor in Council under section 79A of the County Court Act 1958, No. 6230/1958 and came into operation on 13 October 2024: regulation 3.
The County Court (Oath and Affirmation of Office) Regulations 2024 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 17 September 2034 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the County Court (Oath and Affirmation of Office) Regulations 2024 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.