Victorian Current Acts

COURT SERVICES VICTORIA ACT 2014 - SECT 3

In this Act—

"appointed member", of the Courts Council, means a member of the Courts Council appointed under section 14;

"Auditor-General" means the Auditor-General appointed under section 94A of the Constitution Act 1975 ;

"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of Court Services Victoria appointed under section 22;

"Court Chief Executive Officer" means a Court Chief Executive Officer appointed for a jurisdiction under section 30;

"Court Services Victoria" means Court Services Victoria established under section 5;

"Courts Council" means the Courts Council established under section 10;

"head of a jurisdiction" means—

        (a)     in the case of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice;

        (b)     in the case of the County Court, the Chief Judge;

        (c)     in the case of the Magistrates' Court, the Chief Magistrate;

        (d)     in the case of the Children's Court, the President of the Children's Court;

        (e)     in the case of the Coroners Court, the State Coroner;

        (f)     in the case of VCAT, the President of VCAT;

"Judicial College of Victoria" means the Judicial College of Victoria established under section 4 of the Judicial College of Victoria Act 2001 ;

S. 3 def. of Judicial Commission inserted by No. 16/2016 s. 157(c).

"Judicial Commission" has the same meaning as it has in Part IIIAA of the Constitution Act 1975 ;

"judicial employee" means a person employed under Division 3 of Part 6 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

"judicial member", of the Courts Council, means a member of the Courts Council referred to in section 12(2) or a nominee of that member;

"jurisdiction" means—

        (a)     the Supreme Court; or

        (b)     the County Court; or

        (c)     the Magistrates' Court; or

        (d)     the Children's Court; or

        (e)     the Coroners Court; or

        (f)     VCAT;

S. 3 def. of member of the staff amended by Nos 25/2015 s. 3(a), 16/2016 s. 157(a)(b).

"member of the staff", of Court Services Victoria, means—

        (a)     the Chief Executive Officer; or

        (b)     a Court Chief Executive Officer; or

        (c)     a person employed under section 36; or

        (d)     a judicial employee; or

        (e)     the chief executive officer of the Judicial College of Victoria; or

        (f)     a person employed under section 16(2) of the Judicial College of Victoria Act 2001 ; or.

        (g)     the Director of the Judicial Commission.

S. 3 def. of State Services Authority repealed by No. 25/2015 s. 3(b).

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