Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) There shall be
appointed under and subject to Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994
, a Principal Registrar, a Court of Appeal Registrar, and such registrars and
other officers as may be necessary for the administration of justice and the
execution of all the powers and authorities of the Court.
(2) The registrars
shall be the taxing officers of the Court, and shall perform such other duties
as may be conferred upon them by or under this or any other Act.
(3) In relation to
appeals, applications, causes, matters or proceedings within the jurisdiction
of the Court of Appeal —
(a) the
Court of Appeal Registrar or a registrar directed under subsection (4) shall
have all the duties, including the taxation of costs, that are conferred on
registrars under this or any other Act or on the Court of Appeal Registrar by
rules of court; and
(b) a
reference to the Principal Registrar or a registrar is to be taken to be a
reference to the Court of Appeal Registrar or a registrar directed under
subsection (4), unless the context requires otherwise.
(4) If the Chief
Justice and the President agree that the Court of Appeal Registrar’s
workload justifies doing so, the Chief Justice may direct a registrar to
temporarily assist the Court of Appeal Registrar to perform the functions of
that office.
[Section 155 inserted: No. 67 of 1979 s. 16;
amended: No. 3 of 1982 s. 7; No. 32 of 1994 s. 3(2); No. 27 of 2000 s. 19; No.
45 of 2004 s. 25; No. 5 of 2008 s. 119.]