Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

COURT PROCEDURES ACT 2004 - SECT 5

    (1)     The objects of this Act include—

        (a)     recognising the importance of court procedures in our system of justice; and

        (b)     facilitating cooperation between ACT courts in the common goals of—

              (i)     improved access to justice through the development of procedures that are, as far as practicable, the same for all ACT courts; and

              (ii)     better court procedures.

    (2)     In this section:

"court" includes a tribunal that is a prescribed tribunal under section 6.