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Magistrates Court (General) Rules 2005
Part 5Court records
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Part 5 — Court records
Division 1 — Requests under Act s. 33(3) or (7)
37. Request to inspect or obtain a copy of a document (Act s. 33(3) or (7)) 27
Division 2 — Applications under Act s. 33(4) or (8)
38A. Term used: civil litigation information 27
38. Application for leave (Act s. 33(4)) 28
39. Application for access to information (Act s. 33(8)) 28
39A. Application for access to civil litigation information (Act s. 33(8)) 29
Division 3 — Transcripts and exhibits for media organisations under Act s. 33(9)(b)
40A. Terms used 30
40B. Media organisation may apply for transcript or exhibit 30
40C. Making applications 31
40D. Who may deal with applications 31
40E. Dealing with applications 31
40F. Court’s power to publish unaffected 32
Division 4 — Information generally under Act s. 33(9)(b)
40. Criminal cases, information about available on request 32
41A. Civil cases, certain people entitled on request to certain information about 33
41. Conditions on access to records may be imposed 34