Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Notwithstanding Rule 1.16, if an appeal to which this Order applies appears to a Judge of the Court to be proper for the determination of an Associate Judge, the Judge of the Court, by order, may refer the appeal to an Associate Judge.
(2) If a Judge of the Court refers an appeal to an Associate Judge, the Associate Judge may—
(a) hear and determine the appeal, subject to any directions in the order referring the appeal; or
(b) refer the appeal back to the Judge of the Court.
(3) In hearing and determining an appeal referred by a Judge of the Court to an Associate Judge, the Associate Judge has the same powers as a Judge of the Court would have in hearing and determining the appeal, subject to any directions in the order referring the appeal.
Rule 3A.12 (Heading) amended by S.R. No. 32/2018 rule 33.