Victorian Consolidated Regulations

COUNTY COURT CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES 2019 - REG 1.05

In these Rules—

"accused" means a person—

        (a)     who has been committed to the County Court for trial or directed to be tried at the County Court under section 167 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 ; or

        (b)     in respect of whom a direct indictment has been filed in the County Court;

"appellant "includes where an appellant is a child under the age of 15 years—

        (a)     the child's parent; or

        (b)     in the absence of the parent, the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services;

"Chapter I" means the County Court Civil Procedure Rules 2018 ^[1] ;

Rule 1.05 def. of eCase inserted by S.R. No. 81/2023 rule 27.

"eCase" has the same meaning as in Rule 1.13(1) of Chapter I;

"legal practitioner"—

        (a)     means the legal practitioner (as defined in section 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 ) who acts for the accused; and

        (b)     does not include a barrister (except where these Rules expressly provide otherwise);

"offender" means a person who has been sentenced by the Court;

"person in default" means an offender who has failed to pay a fine or an instalment under an instalment order and includes a director of a body corporate who is the subject of a declaration under section 55(1) of the Sentencing Act 1991 .