Victorian Current Acts

COURTS (CASE TRANSFER) ACT 1991 - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to establish a new system for the transfer of civil proceedings between courts in order to improve efficiency in the administration of civil justice in Victoria;

        (b)     to alter the jurisdictional limits of the County Court in civil proceedings;

        (c)     to provide for the suspension of the pension entitlements of a Reserve Supreme Court or County Court Judge while he or she holds another public office or engages in legal practice anywhere in Australia and to require such a Judge to obtain the consent of the Chief Justice or Chief Judge (as the case requires) before accepting such an appointment.