Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) In this Act—
"case transfer rules" means rules made under Part 7;
"circuit court" means the Supreme Court or County Court sitting at a place outside Melbourne;
"court" means the Supreme Court, County Court or Magistrates' Court;
S. 3(1) def. of Designated judicial officer amended by No. 24/2008 s. 76, substituted as designated judicial officer by No. 38/2017 s. 65.
"designated judicial officer"—
(a) in relation to the Supreme
Court, means an Associate Judge or a judicial registrar of the
Supreme Court designated by the Chief Justice for the purposes
of this
Act;
(b) in relation to the County Court, means a judge, an associate judge or a judicial registrar of the County Court designated by the Chief Judge for the purposes of this Act;
(c) in relation to the Magistrates' Court, means a magistrate or a judicial registrar of the Magistrates' Court designated by the Chief Magistrate for the purposes of this Act;
"proceeding" means civil proceeding;
"senior judicial officer"—
(a) in relation to the Supreme Court, means the Chief Justice;
(b) in relation to the County Court, means the Chief Judge;
(c) in relation to the Magistrates' Court, means the Chief Magistrate.
(2) For the purposes of this Act a court only has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine a proceeding if it is wholly or partly of a type that neither of the other courts has jurisdiction to hear and determine, whatever amount or value is either claimed or involved.