Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 504

    (1)     There continues to be a court called "The Children's Court of Victoria".

S. 504(2) amended by No. 34/2010 s. 37(1).

    (2)     The Court consists of a President, the magistrates, the judicial registrars and the registrars of the Court.

    (3)     The Court has the following Divisions—

        (a)     the Family Division;

        (b)     the Criminal Division;

S. 504(3)(c) amended by No. 51/2006 s. 12(a).

        (c)     the Koori Court (Criminal Division);

S. 504(3)(d) inserted by No. 51/2006 s. 12(b).

        (d)     the Neighbourhood Justice Division.

    (4)     Every proceeding in the Court must be commenced, heard and determined in one of those Divisions.

    (5)     The Court must not sit as more than one Division at the same time in the same room.

    (6)     Each Division has such of the powers of the Court as are necessary to enable it to exercise its jurisdiction.

    (7)     The Court, in any Division, shall be constituted by the President or a magistrate except in the case of any proceeding for which provision is made by any Act for the Court to be constituted by a registrar.

S. 504(8) inserted by No. 34/2010 s. 37(2).

    (8)     Without limiting subsection (7), the Court may be constituted by a judicial registrar in the case of any proceeding for which provision is made by rules of court for—

        (a)     the court to be so constituted; and

        (b)     the delegation to judicial registrars of powers of the court to hear and determine such a matter or proceeding.

S. 505 substituted by No. 11/2021 s. 37.