Western Australian Current Regulations

MAGISTRATES COURT REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 9

9 .         When 2 JPs may constitute the court in civil cases

        (1)         A country court may be constituted by 2 JPs alone for the purposes of dealing with an application made under the Restraining Orders Act 1997 for a family violence restraining order or violence restraining order at a hearing in the absence of the respondent fixed under section 26(2) of that Act.

        (2)         A country court constituted by 2 JPs alone may adjourn the following for hearing by the Magistrates Court constituted by a magistrate —

            (a)         an application made under the Prohibited Behaviour Orders Act 2010 section 5 for a PBO;

            (b)         an application made under the Prohibited Behaviour Orders Act 2010 section 21 to vary or cancel a PBO.

        (3)         A country court constituted by 2 JPs alone must not deal with PBO proceedings under the Prohibited Behaviour Orders Act 2010 except as permitted by subregulation (2).

        [Regulation 9 amended: Gazette 24 Jun 2011 p. 2508; 27 Jun 2017 p. 3435.]