3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  In these rules of court –

Act means the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 ;

application means a protection application and any other originating process;

approved form means a form approved by the Chief Magistrate under rule 8(1) ;

case management direction means a direction, or order, given under Part 3 ;

Children's Division Act means the Magistrates Court (Children's Division) Act 1998 ;

child's representative means an Australian legal practitioner representing a child in a proceeding –

(a) under section 59(1) or (3) of the Act; or

(b) under section 15(1) or (3) of the Children's Division Act;

directions hearing – see rule 22(2) ;

interested person means a person permitted by the Court to be heard under section 51 of the Act;

[Rule 3 Subrule (1) amended by No. 2 of 2022, Sched. 1, Applied:18 Mar 2022]

originating process means any document by which a proceeding is initiated;

proceeding means any matter, including an application, which is initiated by an originating process;