Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to any order of the Court in special circumstances—
(a) the Judge in charge of a Division or List shall have control of every proceeding in the Division or the List; and
(b) subject to any direction of the Chief Judge, any directions hearing or application in a proceeding shall be held by or made to the Judge.
(2) The powers of the Judge in charge in relation to a proceeding in a Division or List may be exercised by another Judge sitting in the Division or the List if—
(a) the Judge in charge requests that Judge to do so; or
(b) in special circumstances that other Judge thinks fit to do so.
(3) The powers of the Judge or the other Judge in charge of a Division or List may, in relation to a directions hearing or application in a proceeding in the Division or List, be exercised by an associate judge, a judicial registrar or the Registrar if the Judge or the other Judge requests the associate judge, judicial registrar or the Registrar to do so.
Rule 34A.14A inserted by S.R. No. 142/2019 rule 11.