Criminal Procedure Act 1986
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171 Definitions
171 Definitions
(1) In this Chapter—
court means a court to which the relevant provision of this Chapter applies and includes (where applicable) an Industrial Local Court Judge.
Judge includes a judge of the Supreme Court, the Land and Environment Court and the Court of Coal Mines Regulation and the President or a judicial member of the Industrial Relations Commission and any other person of a class prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
Judge of the Local Court includes—
(a) an Industrial Local Court Judge, and
(b) any other person of a class prescribed by the regulations.
registrar means—
(a) in the case of proceedings before the Local Court, the relevant registrar of the Local Court,
(b) (Repealed)
(c) in the case of proceedings before an Industrial Local Court Judge, the relevant registrar of the Local Court,
(d) (Repealed)
(e) in the case of proceedings before any other court to which Parts 2–4 apply, the person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
(2) A reference to a Judge in Part 4 includes, where applicable, a Judge of the Local Court.
s 171: Ins 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [82]. Am 2007 No 92, Sch 4.5 [4] [5]; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.28 [5] [6]; 2008 No 107, Sch 29.4 [6] [7]; 2016 No 48, Sch 2.13 [5]; 2023 No 41, Sch 2.13[4]; 2025 No 61, Sch 2.31[14]–[16].