Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts [(1) deleted]
(2) At a means inquiry
the court is to determine the matters listed in section 26.
(3) At a means inquiry
held on the application of a judgment debtor the judgment debtor must produce
to the court all records that relate to the matters listed in section 26 and
that are in the possession or under the control of the judgment debtor.
(4) A judgment debtor
who contravenes subsection (3) is guilty of a contempt of court.
(5) A court may
adjourn a means inquiry.
(6) At a means inquiry
in the Magistrates Court a person who is not a legal practitioner and who is
an employee of, or under the control or direction of —
(a) the
judgment creditor; or
(b) the
judgment creditor’s legal practitioner,
may appear on behalf
of the judgment creditor, despite the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA)
section 10.
(7) A means inquiry in
the Magistrates Court may be conducted in the absence of the judgment
creditor, the judgment creditor’s legal practitioner, and a person
referred to in subsection (6), if the judgment creditor, before the inquiry,
asks the court to itself examine the judgment debtor for the purposes of
determining the matters listed in section 26.
(8) At a means inquiry
in the Magistrates Court the court, at the request of the judgment creditor
made before or at the inquiry, may itself examine the judgment debtor for the
purposes of determining the matters listed in section 26.
[Section 30 amended: No. 5 of 2008 s. 8; No. 21 of
2008 s. 645; No. 9 of 2022 s. 336.]