Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN'S COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1988 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        CEO (young offenders) means the chief executive officer of the young offenders agency;

        Chief Magistrate means the Chief Magistrate of the Magistrates Court;

        child means —

            (a)         any boy or girl under the age of 18 years; and

            (b)         in the absence of positive evidence as to age, any boy or girl apparently under the age of 18 years; and

            (c)         a person dealt with under section 19(2), (2AA) or (2AB); and

            (d)         a boy or girl dealt with under section 20(3)(b);

        Court means the Children’s Court of Western Australia established under this Act;

        judge means a judge of the Court or an acting judge of the Court and includes a judge of the Supreme Court or a District Court judge when performing a function of the Court under section 6(3);

        magistrate means a magistrate of the Court;

        President means the judge who is appointed under section 7 to be the President of the Court;

        registrar , in relation to the Court sitting at a place, means the person appointed under this Act to be the registrar of the Court at that place;

        young offenders agency means the Public Sector agency principally assisting the Minister administering the Young Offenders Act 1994 in its administration.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, legal experience is —

            (a)         standing and practice as a legal practitioner; or

        [(b)         deleted]

            (c)         judicial service (including service as a judge of a court, a magistrate or other judicial officer) in the State or elsewhere in a common law jurisdiction; or

            (d)         a combination of both kinds of legal experience defined in this subsection.

        [Section 3 amended: No. 15 of 1991 s. 5; No. 14 of 1992 s. 4(3); No. 31 of 1993 s. 27; No. 65 of 2003 s. 107(2), (3); No. 74 of 2003 s. 35; No. 34 of 2004 s. 251; No. 45 of 2004 s. 29; No. 59 of 2004 s. 60 and 73; No. 65 of 2006 s. 55; No. 21 of 2008 s. 643(2)-(4); No. 59 of 2010 s. 42; No. 47 of 2020 s. 6; No. 2 of 2022 s. 4; No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]