VICIn ForceAct
Magistrates' Court Act 1989
110Re-hearing
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 110
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Magistrates' Court Act 1989.
110 Re-hearing
(1) If a final order is made by the Court in a civil proceeding against a person who did not appear in the proceeding, that person may, subject to and in accordance with the Rules, apply to the Court for an order that the order be set aside and that the proceeding be re-heard.
(2) On an application under this section, the Court may set aside the order subject to any terms and conditions that it thinks just and re-hear the proceeding.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), an application under thissection does not operate as a stay of the order unless the Court so orders.
(4) An application under this section with respect to an order for the payment of money operates as a stay of so much of the order as relates to the payment of money.
(5) If an applicant under this section fails to appear at the time fixed for the hearing of the application and the application is struck out, the applicant can re-apply only if the applicant first obtains the leave of the Court.
S. 110A inserted by No. 3/2016 s. 38, amended by No. 1/2022 s. 21.