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Magistrates Act 1991
sec.53KReferring application or matter
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### sec.53K Referring application or matter
If a judicial registrar considers it would be proper for an application or matter mentioned in section 53I to be dealt with by a Magistrates Court as constituted by a magistrate, the judicial registrar must refer the application or matter to a Magistrates Court as constituted by a magistrate.
If a judicial registrar is empowered to hear and decide an application mentioned in section 53J (1) (c) , (d) or (e) and, after hearing the application, the judicial registrar does not decide to grant it, the judicial registrar must, without deciding the application, refer it to a Magistrates Court as constituted by a magistrate.
s 53K ins 2007 No. 37 s 116
amd 2009 No. 24 s 1557 (amd 2009 No. 48 s 110 )
(sec.53K-ssec.1) If a judicial registrar considers it would be proper for an application or matter mentioned in section 53I to be dealt with by a Magistrates Court as constituted by a magistrate, the judicial registrar must refer the application or matter to a Magistrates Court as constituted by a magistrate.
(sec.53K-ssec.2) If a judicial registrar is empowered to hear and decide an application mentioned in section 53J (1) (c) , (d) or (e) and, after hearing the application, the judicial registrar does not decide to grant it, the judicial registrar must, without deciding the application, refer it to a Magistrates Court as constituted by a magistrate.