Northern Territory Numbered Acts

LOCAL COURT (REPEALS AND RELATED AMENDMENTS) ACT 2016 (NO 9 OF 2016) - SCHEDULE 2

Schedule 2     Local Court Act further amended

section 39

Provision	Amendment
	omit	insert
section 15, heading	Proceedings	Claim
section 15(1)	a proceeding	a claim
section 15(1)(a)	the proceeding	it
section 15(1)(b)	proceeding	proceedings
section 15(2)(a)	a proceeding	proceedings
section 15(2)(b)	proceeding has	proceedings have
section 16, heading	, &c.	etc.
section 16(1)	a proceeding or part of it	proceedings, or a matter raised in proceedings,
section 16(3)(a) and (b)	proceeding	proceedings
section 16(4)	a proceeding	the proceedings
section 17	a proceeding proceeding as matter the subject of the proceeding	proceedings proceedings as proceedings
section 18, heading	proceeding	proceedings
section 18(1)	whole subsection	(1)     A party to proceedings (other than an appeal) may apply to the Court for an order that the proceedings be transferred to the Supreme Court.
section 18(2)	proceeding	claim the subject of the proceedings
section 18(3)	proceeding	proceedings
section 18(4)(a)	proceeding in the Court is	proceedings in the Local Court are
section 18(4)(b)	proceeding shall be transmitted by the Registrar	proceedings must be transmitted by the principal registrar
section 18(4)(c)	proceeding	proceedings
section 20(1)	other than in a proceeding by way of appeal to the Court	in proceedings other than an appeal
section 20(1)(b) and (2)	proceeding	proceedings
section 20(1)	proceeding be	proceedings be
section 22(9)	all words from "The" to "subsection (8)"	A court convicting a person of an offence against subsection (8) may order the person
section 24(1)	the Registrar shall	a registrar must
section 28A	a proceeding the proceeding	proceedings the proceedings
section 29, heading	proceeding	hearing
section 29(1)	all words from "the proceeding" to "a proceeding"	proceedings or on its own initiative, adjourn a hearing
section 29(2)	the hearing of a proceeding	a hearing
section 32(1)	a proceeding	proceedings
section 32(2)	all words from "a proceeding" to "fails or is"	proceedings cannot conveniently be heard or proceed, or fail or are
section 32(4)	a proceeding or	proceedings or an
after section 32(4)		(5)     This section applies even if the claim the subject of the proceedings is wholly or partly beyond the jurisdiction of the Court. (6)     This section also applies to a law practice, as defined in section 4 of the Legal Practitioners Act , that employs the legal practitioner.
section 36(2)	Registrar	principal registrar