(a) to prescribe proceedings that may be dealt with by the Court constituted by a judicial registrar; and
(b) to delegate to judicial registrars some of the powers of the Court; and
(c) to establish a procedure for the review by the Court of a hearing and determination of a proceeding by the Court constituted by a judicial registrar.
2 Authorising provisions
These Rules are made under sections 16 and 16I of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 and all other enabling powers.
3 Commencement
These Rules come into operation on 9 December 2025.
4 Revocations
The following Rules are revoked—
(a) the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015[1];
(b) the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2018[2];
(c) the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2019[3];
(d) the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Further Amendment Rules 2019[4];
(e) the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2020[5];
(f) the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2021[6];
(g) the Magistrates' Court Chapter II and Judicial Registrars Amendment (Federal Jurisdiction Matters) Rules 2021[7];
(h) the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Further Amendment Rules 2021[8];
(i) the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Amendment Rules 2022[9].
5 Definitions
In these Rules—
application for review means an application referred to in Rule 16(1);
determination includes a direction, a judgment or an order;
the Act means the Magistrates' Court Act 1989.
Order 2—Powers of judicial registrars
Part 1—Criminal matters
6 Criminal proceedings and related proceedings that may be dealt with by judicial registrars
A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court, except the powers set out in section 16I(b)(i), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of the Act, in any of the following proceedings—
(a) a proceeding under Division 3 of Part 4 of the Act in relation to which a registrar may exercise a power under that Division;
(b) a proceeding dealing with any article, thing or material brought before the Court under a search warrant in accordance with section 78(1)(b)(ii) of the Act;
(c) a proceeding under section 88 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 in which the sentence was imposed by the Court constituted by a judicial registrar;
(d) a proceeding for an offence which is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006;
(e) a proceeding under the Infringements Act 2006 that is not a proceeding of a kind referred to in subparagraph (d), except for a proceeding under section 167 of that Act;
(f) a proceeding under the Fines Reform Act 2014, except for a proceeding under section 118(2), 159, 160(1) or (6), 165, 165A, 171B, 171C or 171D of that Act;
(g) a proceeding for an order to remove a prisoner from a prison and to have the prisoner brought before the Court under regulation 23(1) of the Corrections Regulations 2019[10];
(h) a proceeding under a provision specified in an item of column 3 of Schedule 1.
7 Powers of judicial registrars in certain criminal proceedings and certain related proceedings
(1) A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court under section 59 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 in a criminal proceeding for a summary offence or an indictable offence triable summarily.
(2) A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court under any of the following provisions in a criminal proceeding for a summary offence or an indictable offence triable summarily—
(a) section 26(2) of the Bail Act 1977;
(b) section 80(1)(b), 81 or 330(4) or (5) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.
(3) A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court under the following provisions, if the exercise of the power is incidental to the exercise by a judicial registrar of the Court's powers referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a) Division 1 of Part 3 and Part 10 of the Confiscation Act 1997;
(b) section 151 of the Firearms Act 1996.
(4) A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court under section 83AT of the Sentencing Act 1991 in relation to a contravention of section 83AC of that Act, if the contravention under section 83AC relates to an order made by a judicial registrar under section 72 or 75 of the Sentencing Act 1991.
(5) A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court under section 61B of the Marine (Drug, Alcohol and Pollution Control) Act 1988.
(6) A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court in an application referred to in Rule 18(2).
Part 2—Civil matters
8 Civil proceedings that may be dealt with by judicial registrars
(1) Subject to Rules 10, 11 and 12, a judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court in any of the following proceedings—
(a) a proceeding for a cause of action for damages or a debt or a liquidated demand or under an Act if the amount claimed, or value of relief sought, is less than $25 000;
Examples
Subparagraph (a) includes the following—
• a complaint referred to arbitration in accordance with Division 2 of Part 5 of the Act;
• an application for summary judgment under section 63 of the Civil Procedure Act 2010;
• a proceeding under section 5, 6 or 7 of the Instruments Act 1958.
(b) a proceeding for a cause of action for damages arising from a motor vehicle collision, other than a claim under a contract of insurance relating to the motor vehicle collision;
(c) an interlocutory or other application within a proceeding for a cause of action for damages or a debt or a liquidated demand or under an Act, regardless of the amount claimed or value of relief sought.
Examples
Subparagraph (c) includes the following—
• a proceeding or part of a proceeding that has been referred under section 107(1) of the Act;
• an application under section 110 of the Act for an order to set aside a final order in a proceeding made against a person who did not appear in the proceeding and that the proceeding be re-heard;
• a proceeding to which section 128(1) or (3) of the Act applies (power to adjourn proceeding);
• an application under Order 21 of the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020.
(2) Subject to Rules 10 and 11, a judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court in a proceeding under the Fences Act 1968 for an order of the Court under section 30C(1) of that Act.
(3) A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court in any of the following proceedings—
(a) a proceeding under section 5(1), 6(7)(b), 8, 13, 14, 17(2) or 18 of the Judgment Debt Recovery Act 1984;
(b) a substituted proceeding within the meaning of section 57A of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998;
(c) an application referred to in Rule 18(2).
(4) Subject to Rule 13, a judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court in a proceeding under the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010.
(5) Despite Rule 10, a judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court in a proceeding under section 234E of the Building Act 1993.
9 Judicial registrars may make final orders by consent
Without limiting Rule 8 but subject to Rules 10, 11, 12 and 13, a judicial registrar may, with the consent of the parties to a proceeding, deal with and exercise all or any powers of the Court to make final orders in the proceeding.
10 Judicial registrars cannot deal with claims for equitable relief in a proceeding
A judicial registrar cannot deal with and exercise any powers of the Court in a proceeding for a claim for equitable relief, unless these Rules provide otherwise.
Examples
A judicial registrar cannot, in a proceeding, do any of the following—
• make a freezing order under Order 37A of the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020;
• make a search order under Order 37B of the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020;
• grant an injunction under Order 38 of the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020.
11 Restrictions on certain powers of judicial registrars in civil proceedings
The powers of a judicial registrar in a proceeding to which Rule 8 applies do not include a power of the Court under any of the following Rules of the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020[11]—
(a) Rules 12.02 and 12.07, if the amount claimed, or value of relief sought, in the proceeding is $25 000 or more;
(b) Rule 15.08(1);
(c) Rule 37.01, other than the power in relation to the inspection of property;
(d) Rule 37.02.
12 Judicial registrars cannot deal with proceedings under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 or Family Law Act 1975
A judicial registrar cannot deal with and exercise any powers of the Court in a proceeding under—
(a) the Family Violence Protection Act 2008; or
(b) the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth.
13 Judicial registrars cannot exercise powers under Part 8 of the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010
A judicial registrar cannot deal with and exercise any powers of the Court under Part 8 of the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 in a proceeding under that Act.
Part 3—General
14 Judicial registrars may deal with and exercise the powers of a registrar
A judicial registrar may deal with and exercise all or any powers of a registrar under the Act and any other Act or the Rules.
15 Judicial registrars constitute and are delegated the powers of the Court
A judicial registrar who is hearing and determining a proceeding in accordance with this Part—
(a) constitutes the Court for that purpose; and
(b) is delegated the same powers that the Court has in hearing and determining the proceeding.
Order 3—Review of determinations of judicial registrars
16 Application for review of determination of Court constituted by judicial registrar
(1) An application under section 16K(3)(a) of the Act for review of a determination of the Court constituted by a judicial registrar must be—
(a) in Form 1; and
(b) accompanied by an affidavit that must state the grounds for the application.
(2) An application for review must state—
(a) whether the whole or part only of the determination is the subject of the review; and
(b) if part only of the determination is the subject of the review, which part; and
(c) the grounds on which the review is sought.
(3) The application for review must be filed within 28 days after the day on which the determination to which the application relates was made.
(4) The Court may extend the time under paragraph (3) for filing an application for review, either before or after the expiry of that time, whether or not an application is made before the time expires.
17 Notice to other parties
(1) Subject to paragraph (4), a copy of an application for review and accompanying affidavit must be served in accordance with paragraph (2) or (3) (as the case requires) on each party to the proceeding to which the application for review relates within 7 days after the day on which the application is filed.
(2) Unless the Court directs otherwise, a copy of an application for review of a determination made in a criminal proceeding and accompanying affidavit must be served—
(a) in the case of an application made by the informant in the proceeding, in accordance with section 391 or 393 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009; or
(b) in any other case, in accordance with section 392 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.
(3) Unless the Court directs otherwise, a copy of an application for review of a determination made in a civil proceeding and accompanying affidavit must be served in accordance with the Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020.
(4) Unless the Court directs otherwise, on the filing of an application for review of a determination made in a proceeding under the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010, a copy of the application and accompanying affidavit is to be given to each party to the proceeding to which the application relates by the Court in accordance with Rule 5.01 of the Magistrates' Court (Personal Safety Intervention Orders) Rules 2021[12].
(5) The Court may extend the time under paragraph (1) for the service of a copy of an application for review, either before or after the expiry of that time.
18 Stay
(1) The filing of an application for review does not operate as a stay of any order made by the Court constituted by a judicial registrar.
(2) A party to a proceeding who is making an application for review may apply to either of the following for a stay of any order referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a) the Court constituted by the judicial registrar who made the order;
(b) the Court constituted by a magistrate.
(3) A person who obtains from the Court a stay of an order by a judicial registrar must notify all other parties of the stay.
19 Determination of application for review
(1) Unless the Court directs otherwise—
(a) an application for review must be heard in open court; and
(b) the parties to the proceeding to which the application for review relates must appear at the hearing.
(2) In the hearing of an application for review, the parties may rely upon the following—
(a) any affidavit filed in support of the application for review;
(b) any affidavit or other material admitted in evidence before the judicial registrar in the proceeding to which the application relates;
(c) a transcript of the proceeding to which the application relates;
(d) any other affidavit or other material as directed by the Court.
(3) An application for review is to be determined by the Court after consideration of the application and any other material referred to in paragraph (2).
(4) The Court may—
(a) grant the application for review and list the matter for rehearing; or
(b) refuse the application.
(5) If the Court grants the application for review and lists the matter for rehearing, the rehearing is to be heard by way of hearing de novo by the Court constituted by a magistrate.
Form 1—Application for review
Rule 16(1)
In the Magistrates' Court of
Victoria at [venue] Court Ref.:
In the matter of an application under section 16K(3)(a) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989.
BETWEEN [name of party] [title of party e.g. Plaintiff or
Defendant or Informant]
AND [name of party] [title of party]
Application for Review
Date of document:
Filed on behalf of the: [title of party]
Prepared by: [insert details]
TAKE NOTICE that the abovementioned [title of party] applies, under section 16K(3)(a) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989, for review of the hearing and determination of this proceeding constituted by [name of judicial registrar], a judicial registrar, on [insert date] by the Court constituted by a magistrate.
*The order made by the judicial registrar in the proceeding was that [insert details of order made].
OR
*A copy of the order made by the judicial registrar in the proceeding is attached [attach copy of order].
The [title of party] seeks review of:
*The whole of the determination made by the judicial registrar.
OR
*Part only of the determination made by the judicial registrar [insert which part].
The review is sought on the following grounds:
[insert grounds].
Dated:
(Signed by the party making the application
or the party's Australian lawyer)
*Delete if inapplicable
Schedule 1—Powers of the Court exercisable by judicial registrars in certain proceedings
Column 1<br>Item No.
Column 2<br>Act
Column 3<br>Provision
1
Control of Weapons Act 1990
s. 10K(2)
2
Control of Weapons Act 1990
s. 10K(3)
3
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 19(2)
4
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 28A
5
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 29(6)
6
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 29(7)
7
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 29(8)
8
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 33
9
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 37(1)
10
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 37(1A)
11
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 37(1B)
12
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 37(1BA)
13
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 40
14
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41
15
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41D(1)(d)
16
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41HA
17
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41J(1)
18
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41J(1A)
19
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41J(5)
20
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41J(6)
21
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41K
22
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 41L
23
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 44AD
24
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 58A
25
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 58C
26
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 63C
27
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 63E
28
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 63N(2)
29
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 63Z(1*)*
30
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 64(1)
31
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 65(5)
32
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 68I(2)
33
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 68W
34
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 73A
35
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 75
36
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 76(1)
37
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 76(3)
38
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 76(5)
39
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 76B
40
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84D(1)
41
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84D(2)
42
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84GA
43
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84V
44
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84W
45
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84WA
46
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84WAB
47
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84WC
48
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84WD
49
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84WE
50
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84WF
51
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84WG
52
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84X
53
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84XC
54
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84XE
55
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84XH
56
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84Z(1)
57
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84Z(2)
58
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84Z(3)
59
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 84ZA
60
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 97
61
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 100B
62
Domestic Animals Act 1994
s. 102(4)
63
Graffiti Prevention Act 2007
s. 5
64
Graffiti Prevention Act 2007
s. 6
65
Graffiti Prevention Act 2007
s. 7
66
Graffiti Prevention Act 2007
s. 8
67
Graffiti Prevention Act 2007
s. 9
68
Graffiti Prevention Act 2007
s. 10
69
North East Link Act 2020
s. 65(1)
70
North East Link Act 2020
s. 74(3)
71
North East Link Act 2020
s. 76
72
North East Link Act 2020
s. 77(1)
73
North East Link Act 2020
s. 77(2)
74
North East Link Act 2020
s. 82(3)
75
North East Link Act 2020
s. 100(1)
76
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 18AA(2)
77
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 19(5)
78
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 19(7)
79
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 19(7A)
80
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 19(7B)
81
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 28B
82
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 30(1)
83
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 30AA
84
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 30A
85
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 31B
86
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 31H
87
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 32
88
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 32A
89
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 33A
90
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 33B
91
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 33I(1)
92
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 33I(3)
93
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 33J
94
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 49
95
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 49B
96
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 49C
97
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 50AAA(2)
98
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 50AAAC(3)
99
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 50AAD
100
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 50AAK
101
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 55(9D)
102
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 55B
103
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 55C(4)
104
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 55C(7)
105
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 55C(8)
106
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 55E(16)
107
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 56(2)
108
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 56(7)
109
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 58B(2)
110
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 59(2)(a)
111
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 59(2)(b)
112
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 59(2)(c)
113
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 59(8)
114
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 61(5)
115
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 61A(5)
116
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 62(3)
117
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 65(2)
118
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 65A
119
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 65BA
120
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 68A(1)
121
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 68A(1A)
122
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 68A(2)
123
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 68A(3)
124
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 68A(4)
125
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 68B
126
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 69
127
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 70
128
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 71
129
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 72(1)
130
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 72(1A)
131
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 72(2)
132
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 73
133
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 73A
134
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 74
135
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 74A
136
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84BEA
137
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84BI
138
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84GB
139
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84H(3A)
140
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84P
141
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84QA(3)
142
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84QA(4)
143
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84QA(6)
144
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84S
145
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84T
146
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84V
147
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84X
148
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84Y(4)
149
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84Z
150
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84ZA
151
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84ZAB
152
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84ZAC
153
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84ZB(6)
154
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84ZF
155
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84ZP
156
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 84ZV
157
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 85N(2)
158
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 85O(2)
159
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 85W
160
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 87(1F)
161
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 87(1H)
162
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 88(7)
163
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 89BA
164
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 89C(6)
165
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 89D(5)
166
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 90C
167
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 90E
168
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 99A
169
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 112(4)
170
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 112(5)
171
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 132(5)
172
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 133(3)
173
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 135
174
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 136
175
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 142(6)
176
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 142(8)
177
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 144
178
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 148
179
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 149
180
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 171
181
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 172
182
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 173
183
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 176(2)
184
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 176(3)
185
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 176(4)
186
Road Safety Act 1986
s. 189
Dated: 4 December 2025
LISA HANNAN, Chief Magistrate
SUSAN WAKELING, Deputy Chief Magistrate
TIM BOURKE, Deputy Chief Magistrate
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2025, S.R. No. 132/2025 were made on 4 December 2025 by the Chief Magistrate together with one or more Deputy Chief Magistrates jointly under sections 16 and 16I of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989, No. 51/1989 and came into operation on 9 December 2025: rule 3.
The Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2025 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 4 December 2035 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2025 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
3 Explanatory details
Rule 4(a): S.R. No. 154/2015 as amended by S.R. Nos 135/2016, 28/2018, 24/2019, 95/2019, 39/2020, 41/2021, 143/2021, 168/2021 and 33/2022. ↑