QLDIn ForceAct
District Court of Queensland Act 1967
sec.7Declaration of districts
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.7
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in District Court of Queensland Act 1967.
### sec.7 Declaration of districts
A regulation may declare a district for the District Court at a place.
The district has the same name as the place.
The name of the district for the District Court at Toowoomba, is the Toowoomba District Court district.
The district must consist of—
1 Magistrates Courts district; or
1 division of a Magistrates Courts district; or
if the District Court district would form 1 continuous area—
2 or more Magistrates Courts districts; or
2 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district; or
1 or more Magistrates Courts districts and 1 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district.
If the District Court is no longer to be held at a place, a regulation may declare that all proceedings pending in the court at the place must be continued in the court at a specified place.
s 7 prev s 7 om 1990 No. 88 s 3 sch
pres s 7 (prev s 6(2)) renum 1995 No. 23 s 10 sch 1
sub 1997 No. 82 s 32
(sec.7-ssec.1) A regulation may declare a district for the District Court at a place.
(sec.7-ssec.2) The district has the same name as the place. The name of the district for the District Court at Toowoomba, is the Toowoomba District Court district.
(sec.7-ssec.3) The district must consist of— 1 Magistrates Courts district; or 1 division of a Magistrates Courts district; or if the District Court district would form 1 continuous area— 2 or more Magistrates Courts districts; or 2 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district; or 1 or more Magistrates Courts districts and 1 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district.
(sec.7-ssec.4) If the District Court is no longer to be held at a place, a regulation may declare that all proceedings pending in the court at the place must be continued in the court at a specified place.
- (a) 1 Magistrates Courts district; or
- (b) 1 division of a Magistrates Courts district; or
- (c) if the District Court district would form 1 continuous area— (i) 2 or more Magistrates Courts districts; or (ii) 2 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district; or (iii) 1 or more Magistrates Courts districts and 1 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district.
- (i) 2 or more Magistrates Courts districts; or
- (ii) 2 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district; or
- (iii) 1 or more Magistrates Courts districts and 1 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district.
- (i) 2 or more Magistrates Courts districts; or
- (ii) 2 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district; or
- (iii) 1 or more Magistrates Courts districts and 1 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district.