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Queensland
COURTS LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1995
Queensland
COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
BILL 1995
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF
QUEENSLAND ACT 1991
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation--general) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 Amendment of s 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6 Insertion of new pts 7A and 7B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 7A--ADR PROCESSES
Division 1--Preliminary
100A Objects of part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Division 2--Important terms
100B ADR process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
100C Mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
100D Case appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Division 3--Establishment of ADR processes
100E Approval of mediators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
100F Approval of case appraisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
100G ADR register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
100H Parties may agree to ADR process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
100I Court may consider and order reference to ADR process . . . . . . . . . 13
100J Parties must attend at ADR process if Supreme Court orders . . . . . 13
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100K Procedure at case appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
100L Subpoenas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Division 4--Party unable to pay share of costs
100M Party unable to pay share of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Division 5--What to do when ADR process is finished
100N Mediated resolution agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
100O Mediator to file certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
100P Case appraiser to file certificate and decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
100Q Orders giving effect to mediation agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
100R Orders giving effect to case appraiser's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Division 6--Confidentiality, protection and immunity
100S ADR convenors to maintain secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
100T Ordinary protection and immunity allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
100U Admissions made to ADR convenors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Division 7--Miscellaneous
100V Revocation of approval as mediator or case appraiser . . . . . . . . . . . 17
100W Appeal against refusal to approve and revocation of
approval as mediator or case appraiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART 7B--RULES OF COURT
100X Rule making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
100Y Existing rules of court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7 Insertion of new s 110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
110 Numbering and renumbering of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
8 Relocation of pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9 Insertion of new schs 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SCHEDULE 1
SUBJECT MATTER FOR RULES
PART 1--GENERAL
PART 2--ADR PROCESSES
SCHEDULE 2
SUPREME COURTS ACTS AND JURISDICTION ACTS
PART 1--SUPREME COURT ACTS
PART 2--SUPREME COURT JURISDICTION ACTS
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PART 3--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURTS ACT 1967
10 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
11 Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
12 Insertion of new pt 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
PART 6A--ADR PROCESSES
Division 1--Preliminary
91A Objects of part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Division 2--Important terms
91B ADR process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
91C Mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
91D Case appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Division 3--Establishment of ADR processes
91E Approval of mediators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
91F Approval of case appraisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
91G ADR register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
91H Parties may agree to ADR process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
91I Court may consider and order reference to ADR process . . . . . . . . . 33
91J Parties must attend at ADR process if District Court orders . . . . . . 33
91K Procedure at case appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
91L Subpoenas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Division 4--Party unable to pay share of costs
91M Party unable to pay share of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Division 5--What to do when ADR process is finished
91N Mediated resolution agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
91O Mediator to file certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
91P Case appraiser to file certificate and decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
91Q Orders giving effect to mediation agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
91R Orders giving effect to case appraiser's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Division 6--Confidentiality, protection and immunity
91S ADR convenors to maintain secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
91T Ordinary protection and immunity allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
91U Admissions made to ADR convenors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Division 7--Miscellaneous
91V Revocation of approval as mediator or case appraiser . . . . . . . . . . . 38
13 Insertion of new s 94A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
94A Appeal against refusal to approve and revocation of
approval as mediator or case appraiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
14 Replacement of s 101 (Power to make rules of court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
101 Rule making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
15 Insertion of new ss 111 and 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
111 Saving of existing rules of court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
112 Numbering and renumbering of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
16 Insertion of new Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SCHEDULE
SUBJECT MATTER FOR RULES
PART 1--GENERAL
PART 2--ADR PROCESSES
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT
1921
17 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
18 Amendment of s 2 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
19 Insertion of new pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
PART 5--ADR PROCESSES
Division 1--Preliminary
10B Objects of part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Division 2--Important terms
10C ADR process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
10D Mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
10E Case appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Division 3--Establishment of ADR processes
10F Approval of mediators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
10G Approval of case appraisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10H ADR register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10I Parties may agree to ADR process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10J Court may consider and order reference to ADR process . . . . . . . . . 47
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10K Parties must attend at ADR process if Magistrates Court orders . . . 48
10L Procedure at case appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10M Subpoenas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Division 4--Party unable to pay share of costs
10N Party unable to pay share of costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Division 5--What to do when ADR process is finished
10O Mediated resolution agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10P Mediator to file certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10Q Case appraiser to file certificate and decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10R Orders giving effect to mediation agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10S Orders giving effect to case appraiser's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Division 6--Confidentiality, protection and immunity
10T ADR convenors to maintain secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
10U Ordinary protection and immunity allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
10V Admissions made to ADR convenors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Division 7--Miscellaneous
10W Revocation of approval as mediator or case appraiser . . . . . . . . . . . 52
20 Insertion of new s 11AF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
11AF Appeal against refusal to approve and revocation of
approval as mediator or case appraiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
21 Insertion of new s 13C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
13C Procedure of court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
22 Replacement of s 14 (Power to make rules of court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
14 Rule making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
23 Replacement of s 16 (Existing rules of court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
16 Saving of existing rules of court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
24 Insertion of new s 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
17 Numbering and renumbering of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
25 Insertion of new schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SCHEDULE
SUBJECT MATTER FOR RULES
PART 1--GENERAL
PART 2--ADR PROCESSES
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PART 5--AMENDMENT OF JUDICIAL REVIEW ACT 1991
26 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
27 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
28 Replacement of s 18 (Act to operate despite existing laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
18 Operation of other laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
29 Omission of s 55 (Rules may provide for service etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
30 Omission of pt 7 (Amendments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
31 Amendment of sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF DISTRICT COURTS ACT 1967
SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT
1921
1995
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend various Acts to provide for court annexed mediation
and case appraisal, and for other purposes
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1995. 4
5
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF 7
P
QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 8
amended 9
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. 10
of s 3 (Interpretation--general) 11
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 3(1)-- 12
insert-- 13
` "ADR costs" means-- 14
(a) for a mediation-- 15
(i) the mediator's fee; and 16
(ii) the venue provider's fee for providing the venue; and 17
(iii) other costs prescribed under the rules; and 18
(b) for a case appraisal-- 19
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(i) the case appraiser's fee; and 1
(ii) the venue provider's fee for providing the venue; and 2
(iii) other costs prescribed under the rules. 3
"ADR convenor" means a mediator or case appraiser. 4
"ADR dispute" means a dispute referred to an ADR process. 5
"ADR process" see section 100B. 6
"case appraisal" see section 100D. 7
"case appraiser" means-- 8
(a) a case appraiser approved under section 100F; or 9
(b) a Judge. 10
"dispute" means-- 11
(a) a dispute in a proceeding; or 12
(b) something else about which the parties are in dispute that may be 13
dealt with in a mediation at the same time as an ADR dispute. 14
"mediation" see section 100C. 15
"mediator" means a mediator approved under section 100E. 16
"party" means a party to a dispute. 17
"referring order" means an order made under section 100I referring a 18
dispute to an ADR process. 19
"Supreme Court Acts" see schedule 2, part 1. 20
"Supreme Court jurisdiction Act" means-- 21
(a) a Supreme Court Act; or 22
(b) an Act mentioned in schedule 2, part 2; or 23
(c) a law prescribed under a regulation for this definition.'. 24
of s 75 25
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 75(6)-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
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`(6) Without limiting subsection (5), rules of court (other than rules 1
under section 32) may be made under this or another Act, and a regulation 2
may be made under this Act, only if a report and recommendation from the 3
Commission, or a Division of the Commission, has been obtained on the 4
matter.'. 5
of new pts 7A and 7B 6
Insertion
Clause 6. After part 7-- 7
insert-- 8
ART 7A--ADR PROCESSES 9
`P
1--Preliminary 10
`Division
of part 11
`Objects
`100A. The objects of this part are-- 12
(a) to provide an opportunity for litigants to participate in ADR 13
processes in order to achieve negotiated settlements and 14
satisfactory resolutions of disputes; and 15
(b) to introduce ADR processes into the court system to improve 16
access to justice for litigants and to reduce cost and delay; and 17
(c) to provide a legislative framework allowing ADR processes to be 18
conducted as quickly, and with as little formality and technicality, 19
as possible; and 20
(d) to safeguard ADR processes-- 21
(i) by ensuring they remain confidential; and 22
(ii) by extending the same protection to participants in an ADR 23
process they would have if the dispute were before the 24
Supreme Court. 25
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2--Important terms 1
`Division
process 2
`ADR
`100B.(1) An "ADR process" is a process of mediation or case 3
appraisal under which the parties are helped to achieve an early, inexpensive 4
settlement or resolution of their dispute. 5
`(2) In division 6 1, an "ADR process" includes all the steps involved in 6
an ADR process, including, for example-- 7
(a) pre-mediation and post-mediation sessions; and 8
(b) a case appraisal session; and 9
(c) joint sessions; and 10
(d) private sessions; and 11
(e) another step prescribed under the rules. 12
13
`Mediation
`100C. "Mediation" is a process under the rules under which the parties 14
use a mediator to help them resolve their dispute by negotiated agreement 15
without adjudication. 16
appraisal 17
`Case
`100D.(1) "Case appraisal" is a process under the rules under which a 18
case appraiser provisionally decides a dispute. 19
`(2) A case appraiser's decision is not binding on the parties until-- 20
(a) the time prescribed under the rules for filing an election to go to 21
trial has passed; and 22
(b) the Supreme Court, by order, gives effect to the decision. 23
1 Confidentiality, protection and immunity
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3--Establishment of ADR processes 1
`Division
of mediators 2
`Approval
`100E. The Senior Judge Administrator, in consultation with the Chief 3
Justice, may approve, or refuse to approve, a person as a mediator. 4
of case appraisers 5
`Approval
`100F. The Senior Judge Administrator, in consultation with the Chief 6
Justice, may approve, or refuse to approve, a person as a case appraiser. 7
register 8
`ADR
`100G.(1) The registrar must keep a register of information about ADR 9
processes. 10
`(2) The register may be kept in the form (whether or not in a 11
documentary form) the registrar considers appropriate. 12
`(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the registrar may change the form 13
in which a register or a part of a register is kept. 14
`(4) The register must contain-- 15
(a) the name and address of each mediator and each case appraiser 16
(other than a Judge); and 17
(b) other information prescribed under the rules; and 18
(c) other information decided by the Senior Judge Administrator. 19
may agree to ADR process 20
`Parties
`100H.(1) The parties to a dispute may agree to refer their dispute to an 21
ADR process. 22
`(2) If the parties agree to the referral, they must file a consent order in 23
the form prescribed under the rules with the registrar. 24
`(3) A consent order filed under this section is taken to be a referring 25
order. 26
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may consider and order reference to ADR process 1
`Court
`100I.(1) The Supreme Court may require the parties or their 2
representatives to attend before it to enable the court to decide whether the 3
parties' dispute should be referred to an ADR process. 4
`(2) The court may, by order ("referring order"), refer the dispute for 5
mediation or case appraisal. 6
`(3) Without limiting the court's discretion, the court may take the 7
following matters into account when deciding whether to refer a dispute to 8
case appraisal-- 9
(a) whether the costs of litigating the dispute to the end are likely to 10
be disproportionate to the benefit gained; 11
(b) the likelihood of an appraisal producing a compromise or an 12
abandonment of a claim or defence; 13
(c) other circumstances justify an appraisal. 14
must attend at ADR process if Supreme Court orders 15
`Parties
`100J.(1) If a referring order is made, the parties-- 16
(a) must attend before the ADR convenor appointed to conduct the 17
ADR process; and 18
(b) must not impede the ADR convenor in conducting and finishing 19
the ADR process within the time allowed under the referring 20
order. 21
`(2) If a party impedes the ADR process, the Supreme Court may 22
impose sanctions against the party, including, for example-- 23
(a) by ordering that any claim for relief by the defaulting party is 24
stayed until further order; and 25
(b) by taking the party's action into account when awarding costs in 26
the proceeding or in another related proceeding between the 27
parties. 28
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at case appraisal 1
`Procedure
`100K.(1) At a case appraisal, the case appraiser-- 2
(a) must decide the procedure to be used at the case appraisal; and 3
(b) may adopt any procedure that will, in the case appraiser's 4
opinion, enable a sound opinion of the likely outcome of the 5
dispute to be reached; and 6
(c) must finish the case appraisal as quickly as possible. 7
`(2) However, the case appraiser may, in special circumstances-- 8
(a) receive evidence; and 9
(b) examine witnesses, and administer oaths to witnesses, who have 10
been lawfully called before the case appraiser. 11
`(3) The Supreme Court may, at any time, give directions about 12
procedure to be used at the case appraisal. 13
`(4) This section is subject to section 100L. 14
ubpoenas 15
`S
`100L.(1) A person may be subpoenaed to appear at a case appraisal 16
only by order of the Supreme Court. 17
`(2) A person may not be subpoenaed to appear at a mediation. 18
`(3) A person subpoenaed to appear at a case appraisal must not be 19
compelled to answer a question, or produce a document, the person could 20
not be compelled to answer or produce before the Supreme Court. 21
`Division 4--Party unable to pay share of costs 22
unable to pay share of costs 23
`Party
`100M.(1) If, at any time, the Supreme Court is of the opinion a party to 24
an ADR process is unable, because of the party's financial circumstances, 25
to pay the party's percentage of the ADR costs, the court may make an 26
order appropriate in the circumstances. 27
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the order may provide-- 28
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(a) the reference to the ADR process be cancelled; or 1
(b) the referring order be revoked and another referring order made. 2
5--What to do when ADR process is finished 3
`Division
resolution agreement 4
`Mediated
`100N.(1) If, at a mediation, the parties agree on a resolution of their 5
dispute or part of it, the agreement must be written down and signed by or 6
for each party and by the mediator. 7
`(2) The agreement has the same effect as any other compromise. 8
to file certificate 9
`Mediator
`100O. As soon as practicable after a mediation has finished, the 10
mediator must file with the registrar a certificate about the mediation in the 11
form prescribed under the rules. 12
appraiser to file certificate and decision 13
`Case
`100P. As soon as practicable after a case appraisal has finished, the case 14
appraiser must file with the registrar-- 15
(a) a certificate about the case appraisal in the form prescribed under 16
the rules; and 17
(b) the case appraiser's decision (if any). 18
giving effect to mediation agreement 19
`Orders
`100Q.(1) A party may apply to the Supreme Court for an order giving 20
effect to an agreement reached after mediation. 21
`(2) However, a party may apply for the order only after the mediator's 22
certificate is filed with the registrar. 23
`(3) The court may make any order it considers appropriate in the 24
circumstances. 25
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giving effect to case appraiser's decision 1
`Orders
`100R.(1) A party may apply to the Supreme Court for an order giving 2
effect to a case appraiser's decision after the time prescribed under the rules 3
for electing to go to trial has passed. 4
`(2) However, a party may apply for the order before the time mentioned 5
in subsection (1) if all parties agree. 6
`(3) The court may make any order it considers appropriate in the 7
circumstances. 8
6--Confidentiality, protection and immunity 9
`Division
convenors to maintain secrecy 10
`ADR
`100S.(1) An ADR convenor must not, without reasonable excuse, 11
disclose information coming to the convenor's knowledge during an ADR 12
process. 13
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units. 14
`(2) It is a reasonable excuse to disclose information if the disclosure is 15
made-- 16
(a) with the agreement of all the parties to the ADR process; or 17
(b) for this part; or 18
(c) for statistical purposes without revealing, or being likely to reveal, 19
the identity of a person about whom the information relates; or 20
(d) for an inquiry or proceeding about an offence happening during 21
the ADR process; or 22
(e) for a proceeding founded on fraud alleged to be connected with, 23
or to have happened during, the ADR process; or 24
(f) under a requirement imposed under an Act. 25
protection and immunity allowed 26
`Ordinary
`100T.(1) In performing the functions of mediator or case appraiser, an 27
ADR convenor has the same protection and immunity as a Judge 28
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performing the functions of a Judge. 1
`(2) A party appearing in an ADR dispute has the same protection and 2
immunity the party would have if the dispute were being heard before the 3
Supreme Court. 4
`(3) A witness attending in an ADR dispute has the same protection and 5
immunity as a witness attending before the Supreme Court. 6
`(4) A document produced at, or used for, an ADR dispute has the same 7
protection during the ADR dispute it would have if produced before the 8
Supreme Court. 9
`(5) In subsection (2)-- 10
"party" includes a party's lawyer or agent. 11
made to ADR convenors 12
`Admissions
`100U.(1) Evidence of anything done or said, or an admission made, at 13
an ADR process about the dispute is admissible at the trial of the dispute or 14
in another civil proceeding before the Supreme Court or elsewhere only if 15
all parties to the dispute agree. 16
`(2) In subsection (1)-- 17
"civil proceeding" does not include a civil proceeding founded on fraud 18
alleged to be connected with, or to have happened during, the ADR 19
process. 20
`Division 7--Miscellaneous 21
of approval as mediator or case appraiser 22
`Revocation
`100V.(1) The Senior Judge Administrator, in consultation with the 23
Chief Justice, may revoke the approval of a person as a mediator or case 24
appraiser. 25
`(2) The Senior Judge Administrator must give the person a statement of 26
reasons for the revocation. 27
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against refusal to approve and revocation of approval as 1
`Appeal
mediator or case appraiser 2
`100W. An appeal lies to the Court of Appeal, by leave of that court, 3
against-- 4
(a) a refusal to approve a person as a mediator or case appraiser; or 5
(b) the revocation of approval of a person as a mediator or case 6
appraiser. 7
`PART 7B--RULES OF COURT 8
making power 9
`Rule
`100X.(1) The Governor in Council, with the agreement of 2 or more 10
Judges, may make rules of court under this Act for a jurisdiction law. 11
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a rule may make provision about 12
any matter that-- 13
(a) is required or permitted to be prescribed under a jurisdiction law; 14
or 15
(b) is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or 16
giving effect to a jurisdiction law. 17
`(3) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a rule may also make 18
provision about-- 19
(a) the practices and procedures of the Supreme Court and its 20
registries; or 21
(b) another matter mentioned in schedule 1. 22
`(4) This section does not affect section 32.2 23
`(5) In this section-- 24
2 Under section 32, the President of the Court of Appeal may make rules with
respect to the practices and procedures of the Court of Appeal.
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"jurisdiction law" means-- 1
(a) this Act; or 2
(b) a Supreme Court jurisdiction Act; or 3
(c) another law giving jurisdiction to the Supreme Court. 4
rules of court 5
`Existing
`100Y.(1) A rule of court made under a jurisdiction law and in force 6
immediately before the commencement (an "existing rule")-- 7
(a) is of the same authority, force and effect as if it were an Act; and 8
(b) must be judicially noticed; and 9
(c) cannot be questioned in any legal proceeding. 10
`(2) An existing rule is taken to be made under this Act. 11
`(3) Subsection (1) applies to an existing rule from the commencement 12
of the rule and subsection (2) applies to an existing rule from the 13
commencement of this section. 14
`(4) This section does not apply to a rule of court made by the President 15
of the Court of Appeal under section 32. 16
`(5) This section is a law to which the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, 17
section 20A applies. 18
`(6) This section expires 1 year after it commences.'. 19
of new s 110 20
Insertion
Clause 7. After section 109-- 21
insert-- 22
and renumbering of Act 23
`Numbering
`110. The Reprints Act 1992, section 43 (Numbering and renumbering 24
of provisions) must be used in the next reprint of this Act produced under 25
the Reprints Act 1992.'. 26
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of pt 9 1
Relocation
Clause 8. Part 9-- 2
relocate as part 7C. 3
of new schs 1 and 2 4
Insertion
Clause 9. At the end of the Act-- 5
insert-- 6
`SCHEDULE 1 7
UBJECT MATTER FOR RULES 8
`S
section 100X 9
ART 1--GENERAL 10
`P
`Jurisdiction generally 11
`1. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, including, for example, its civil, 12
criminal and appellate jurisdiction of the court. 13
`Jurisdiction of Judge in chambers or Master 14
`2. Jurisdiction of a Judge in chambers or Master. 15
`Jurisdiction of registrars and other officers of the Supreme Court 16
`3. Jurisdiction of registrars and other officers of the Supreme Court. 17
`Appeals from registrars and other officers 18
`4. Appeals from registrars and other officers of the Supreme Court. 19
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`Practice and procedure in criminal jurisdiction 1
`5. Practice and procedure in the criminal jurisdiction of the Supreme 2
Court, other courts and justices, including, for example, the following-- 3
(a) the form of complaint, summons, deposition, indictment, 4
judgment, record, conviction, warrant, recognisance, or other 5
proceeding, to be used in a court or before a justice for an offence 6
or the way in which a form may be approved; 7
(b) regulating the proceedings on the trial of a person charged with an 8
offence; 9
(c) the detention of an appellant in a criminal appeal and the safe 10
custody of any property pending the appeal, or application for 11
leave to appeal, or new trial; 12
(d) the sitting of the Court of Appeal, if necessary, during a vacation; 13
(e) the taking of shorthand notes and the making of transcripts of the 14
notes; 15
(f) applications for and supplying notes of trial and reports by Judges 16
of courts of trial. 17
`Service of documents 18
6. Practice and procedure of the Supreme Court in relation to the service 19
of documents inside and outside the State, including outside Australia. 20
`Admission of legal practitioners 21
`7. Admitting barristers, solicitors and conveyancers of the Supreme 22
Court, including qualifications for and conditions of admission. 23
`Costs 24
`8. Costs payable to barristers, solicitors and conveyancers in any cause 25
or matter, including regulating (by court order, scale or otherwise) and 26
taxing the costs. 27
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`Apportioning costs 1
`9. Apportioning the costs of issues. 2
`Fees 3
`10. Fees payable to the Supreme Court, including fees worked out by 4
reference to a percentage. 5
`Pleadings 6
`11. Pleadings, including dispensing with pleadings. 7
`Transfer between courts 8
`12. Transferring a cause, matter, action or proceeding between courts, 9
including costs and procedures for the transfer. 10
`Writs of inquiry 11
`13. Writs of inquiry to have issues of fact tried in a Magistrates Court or 12
by a Judge or registrar. 13
`Enlarging time 14
`14. Enlarging time, including enlarging the number of days allowed by 15
a jurisdiction law for the return of a writ. 16
`Referral to arbitration 17
`15. Referring a cause or matter to arbitration under the Commercial 18
Arbitration Act 1990. 19
`Commissions and requests for arbitrations 20
`16. Issuing commissions or requests for the examination of witnesses 21
outside Queensland (including outside Australia) for an arbitration under the 22
Commercial Arbitration Act 1990. 23
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`Debts and liabilities of deceased persons 1
`17. Debts and liabilities of deceased persons for the Equity Act 1867. 2
`Proceedings against estates of deceased persons 3
`18. Enabling a proceeding to be commenced against the estate of a 4
deceased person (whether by the appointment of a person to represent the 5
estate or otherwise) if no grant has been made. 6
`Proceedings against persons who have died 7
`19. Enabling a proceeding purported to be commenced against any 8
person who has died to be treated as having been commenced against the 9
person's estate. 10
`Maintenance of proceedings against estates of deceased persons 11
`20. Enabling a proceeding commenced or treated as commenced against 12
the estate of a deceased person to be maintained (whether by substitution of 13
parties, amendment or otherwise) against a person appointed to represent 14
the estate or, if a grant is made, against the personal representatives. 15
`Service required etc. to be made on estate of deceased person 16
`21. Service of a proceeding against, or any document required or 17
permitted to be served in relation to, the estate of a deceased person, 18
including the persons on whom service should be effected and enlarging the 19
time for service. 20
`Dispensing with rules of evidence 21
`22. Dispensing with rules of evidence about the proof of something not 22
genuinely in dispute or that may otherwise cause expense or delay without 23
compensating advantage. 24
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`Disclosure and inspection 1
`23. Disclosure and inspection. 2
`Admissions 3
`24. Admissions about questions of fact. 4
`Recording evidence 5
`25. Recording evidence. 6
`Payment into and out of court etc. 7
`26. Paying amounts and transferring things into and out of court. 8
`Investments of amounts 9
`27. Investing amounts paid into court. 10
`Execution and enforcement 11
`28. Executing and enforcing court orders. 12
`Regulation of persons and things 13
`29. The regulation of persons and things in relation to any matter 14
mentioned in items 1 to 28 or 30. 15
`Functions etc. of persons 16
30. The functions, entitlements, obligations and powers of persons in 17
relation to any matter mentioned in items 1 to 29. 18
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`PART 2--ADR PROCESSES 1
`Approval of mediator or case appraiser 2
`1. Experience and qualifications for approval as a mediator or case 3
appraiser. 4
`Staying proceedings 5
`2. Staying proceedings, and the power of the Supreme Court to stay 6
proceedings, until an ADR process is finished. 7
`Costs 8
`3. Persons who must pay ADR costs and the way, and time within 9
which, ADR costs are to be paid. 10
`Jurisdiction 11
`4. Jurisdiction of a case appraiser at a case appraisal. 12
`Seeking independent advice or information 13
`5. Ability of a mediator or case appraiser to seek independent advice or 14
information. 15
`Time for processes 16
`6. Time within which an ADR process should be finished (which may 17
be a time specified by the court). 18
`Conduct of processes 19
`7. Conduct of an ADR process. 20
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`Confidentiality 1
`8. Confidentiality of a mediated agreement or case appraiser's decision. 2
`Powers, procedures etc. applying to arbitrations 3
`9. Applying procedures and other matters similar to those applying to 4
arbitrations under the Commercial Arbitration Act 1990. 5
`Penalties 6
`10. Imposing penalties against a party who fails to cooperate in an ADR 7
process.'. 8
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`SCHEDULE 2 1
`SUPREME COURTS ACTS AND JURISDICTION 2
ACTS 3
section 3 of the Act 4
ART 1--SUPREME COURT ACTS 5
`P
Commercial Causes Act 1910 6
Common Law Pleading Act 1867 7
Common Law Process Act 1867 8
Costs Act 1867 9
Equity Act 1867 10
Equity Procedure Act 1873 11
Evidence And Discovery Act 1867 12
Interdict Act 1867 13
Judicature Act 1876 14
Legal Practitioners Act Amendment Act 1938 15
Legal Practitioners Act Amendment Act 1968 16
Sheriff's Act 1875 17
Solicitors Act 1891 18
Supreme Court Act 1867 19
Supreme Court Act 1874 20
Supreme Court Act 1892 21
Supreme Court Act 1893 22
Supreme Court Act 1895 23
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Supreme Court Act 1899 1
Supreme Court Act 1921 2
Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act (No. 2) 1958 3
Supreme Court Constitution Amendment Act 1861 4
Writs of Dedimus Act 1871. 5
ART 2--SUPREME COURT JURISDICTION ACTS 6
`P
Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 7
Charitable Funds Act 1958 8
Commercial Arbitration Act 1990 9
Common Law Practice Act 1867 10
Corporations Law 11
Court Funds Act 1973 12
Criminal Code 13
Criminal Code Act 1899 14
Crown Proceedings Act 1980 15
Evidence Act 1977 16
Judicial Review Act 1991 17
Jury Act 1929 18
Justices Act 1886 19
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 20
Public Trustee Act 1978 21
Succession Act 1981 22
Traffic Act 1949.'. 23
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PART 3--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURTS ACT 1
1967 2
amended 3
Act
Clause 10. This part and schedule 1 amend the District Courts Act 1967. 4
of s 4 (Interpretation) 5
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 4, heading-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Definitions'. 8
(2) Section 4, definition "rules of court"-- 9
omit. 10
(3) Section 4-- 11
insert-- 12
` "ADR costs" means-- 13
(a) for a mediation-- 14
(i) the mediator's fee; and 15
(ii) the venue provider's fee for providing the venue; and 16
(iii) other costs prescribed under the rules; and 17
(b) for a case appraisal-- 18
(i) the case appraiser's fee; and 19
(ii) the venue provider's fee for providing the venue; and 20
(iii) other costs prescribed under the rules. 21
"ADR convenor" means a mediator or case appraiser. 22
"ADR dispute" means a dispute referred to an ADR process. 23
"ADR process" see section 91B. 24
"case appraisal" see section 91D. 25
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"case appraiser" means-- 1
(a) a case appraiser approved under section 91F; or 2
(b) a Judge. 3
"dispute" means-- 4
(a) a dispute in an action; or 5
(b) something else about which the parties are in dispute that may be 6
dealt with in a mediation at the same time as an ADR dispute. 7
"District Courts jurisdiction Act" means-- 8
(a) the Commercial Arbitration Act 1990; or 9
(b) the District Courts (Venue of Appeals) Act 1988; or 10
(c) a law prescribed under a regulation for this definition. 11
"mediation" see section 91C. 12
"mediator" means a mediator approved under section 91E. 13
"party" means a party to a dispute. 14
"referring court", of a mediation or case appraisal, means the District 15
Court that referred the action to mediation or case appraisal. 16
"referring order" means an order made under section 91I referring a 17
dispute to an ADR process. 18
"rules" means rules of court under this Act.'. 19
of new pt 6A 20
Insertion
Clause 12. After part 6-- 21
insert-- 22
ART 6A--ADR PROCESSES 23
`P
1--Preliminary 24
`Division
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of part 1
`Objects
`91A. The objects of this part are-- 2
(a) to provide an opportunity for litigants to participate in ADR 3
processes in order to achieve negotiated settlements and 4
satisfactory resolutions of disputes; and 5
(b) to introduce ADR processes into the court system to improve 6
access to justice for litigants and to reduce cost and delay; and 7
(c) to provide a legislative framework allowing ADR processes to be 8
conducted as quickly, and with as little formality and technicality, 9
as possible; and 10
(d) to safeguard ADR processes-- 11
(i) by ensuring they remain confidential; and 12
(ii) by extending the same protection to participants in an ADR 13
process they would have if the dispute were before a District 14
Court. 15
2--Important terms 16
`Division
process 17
`ADR
`91B.(1) An "ADR process" is a process of mediation or case appraisal 18
under which the parties are helped to achieve an early, inexpensive 19
settlement or resolution of their dispute. 20
`(2) In division 6 3, an "ADR process" includes all the steps involved in 21
an ADR process, including, for example-- 22
(a) pre-mediation and post-mediation sessions; and 23
(b) a case appraisal session; and 24
(c) joint sessions; and 25
(d) private sessions; and 26
(e) another step prescribed under the rules. 27
3 Confidentiality, protection and immunity
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1
`Mediation
`91C. "Mediation" is a process under the rules under which the parties 2
use a mediator to help them resolve their dispute by negotiated agreement 3
without adjudication. 4
appraisal 5
`Case
`91D.(1) "Case appraisal" is a process under the rules under which a 6
case appraiser provisionally decides a dispute. 7
`(2) A case appraiser's decision is not binding on the parties until-- 8
(a) the time prescribed by the rules for filing an election to go to trial 9
has passed; and 10
(b) a District Court, by order, gives effect to the decision. 11
3--Establishment of ADR processes 12
`Division
of mediators 13
`Approval
`91E. The Chief Judge may approve, or refuse to approve, a person as a 14
mediator. 15
of case appraisers 16
`Approval
`91F. The Chief Judge may approve, or refuse to approve, a person as a 17
case appraiser. 18
register 19
`ADR
`91G.(1) The registrar of the Supreme Court must keep a register of 20
information about ADR processes. 21
`(2) The register may be kept in the form (whether or not in a 22
documentary form) the registrar considers appropriate. 23
`(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the registrar may change the form 24
in which a register or a part of a register is kept. 25
`(4) The register must contain-- 26
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(a) the name and address of each mediator and each case appraiser 1
(other than a Judge); and 2
(b) other information prescribed under the rules; and 3
(c) other information decided by the Senior Judge Administrator of 4
the Supreme Court. 5
may agree to ADR process 6
`Parties
`91H.(1) The parties to a dispute may agree to refer their dispute to an 7
ADR process. 8
`(2) If the parties agree to the referral, they must file a consent order in 9
the form prescribed under the rules with the registrar. 10
`(3) A consent order filed under this section is taken to be a referring 11
order. 12
may consider and order reference to ADR process 13
`Court
`91I.(1) A District Court may require the parties or their representatives 14
to attend before it to enable the court to decide whether the parties' dispute 15
should be referred to an ADR process. 16
`(2) The court may, by order ("referring order"), refer the dispute for 17
mediation or case appraisal. 18
`(3) Without limiting the court's discretion, the court may take the 19
following matters into account when deciding whether to refer a dispute to 20
case appraisal-- 21
(a) whether the costs of litigating the dispute to the end are likely to 22
be disproportionate to the benefit gained; 23
(b) the likelihood of an appraisal producing a compromise or an 24
abandonment of a claim or defence; 25
(c) other circumstances justify an appraisal. 26
must attend at ADR process if District Court orders 27
`Parties
`91J.(1) If a referring order is made, the parties-- 28
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(a) must attend before the ADR convenor appointed to conduct the 1
ADR process; and 2
(b) must not impede the ADR convenor in conducting and finishing 3
the ADR process within the time allowed under the referring 4
order. 5
`(2) If a party impedes the ADR process, a District Court may impose 6
sanctions against the party, including, for example-- 7
(a) by ordering that any claim for relief by the defaulting party is 8
stayed until further order; and 9
(b) by taking the party's action into account when awarding costs in 10
the proceeding or in another related proceeding between the 11
parties. 12
at case appraisal 13
`Procedure
`91K.(1) At a case appraisal, the case appraiser-- 14
(a) must decide the procedure to be used at the case appraisal; and 15
(b) may adopt any procedure that will, in the case appraiser's 16
opinion, enable a sound opinion of the likely outcome of the 17
dispute to be reached; and 18
(c) must finish the case appraisal as quickly as possible. 19
`(2) However, the case appraiser may, in special circumstances-- 20
(a) receive evidence; and 21
(b) examine witnesses, and administer oaths to witnesses, who have 22
been lawfully called before the case appraiser. 23
`(3) A District Court may, at any time, give directions about procedure to 24
be used at the case appraisal. 25
`(4) This section is subject to section 91L. 26
ubpoenas 27
`S
`91L.(1) A person may be subpoenaed to appear at a case appraisal only 28
by order of a District Court. 29
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`(2) A person may not be subpoenaed to appear at a mediation. 1
`(3) A person subpoenaed to appear at a case appraisal must not be 2
compelled to answer a question, or produce a document, the person could 3
not be compelled to answer or produce before a District Court. 4
`Division 4--Party unable to pay share of costs 5
unable to pay share of costs 6
`Party
`91M.(1) If, at any time, a District Court is of the opinion a party to an 7
ADR process is unable, because of the party's financial circumstances, to 8
pay the party's percentage of the ADR costs, the court may make an order 9
appropriate in the circumstances. 10
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the order may provide-- 11
(a) the reference to the ADR process be cancelled; or 12
(b) the referring order be revoked and another referring order made. 13
5--What to do when ADR process is finished 14
`Division
resolution agreement 15
`Mediated
`91N.(1) If, at a mediation, the parties agree on a resolution of their 16
dispute or part of it, the agreement must be written down and signed by or 17
for each party and by the mediator. 18
`(2) The agreement has the same effect as any other compromise. 19
to file certificate 20
`Mediator
`91O. As soon as practicable after a mediation has finished, the mediator 21
must file with the registrar of the referring court a certificate about the 22
mediation in the form prescribed under the rules. 23
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appraiser to file certificate and decision 1
`Case
`91P. As soon as practicable after a case appraisal has finished, the case 2
appraiser must file with the registrar of the referring court-- 3
(a) a certificate about the case appraisal in the form prescribed under 4
the rules; and 5
(b) the case appraiser's decision (if any). 6
giving effect to mediation agreement 7
`Orders
`91Q.(1) A party may apply to a District Court for an order giving effect 8
to an agreement reached after mediation. 9
`(2) However, a party may apply for the order only after the mediator's 10
certificate is filed with the registrar of the referring court. 11
`(3) The court may make any order it considers appropriate in the 12
circumstances. 13
giving effect to case appraiser's decision 14
`Orders
`91R.(1) A party may apply to a District Court for an order giving effect 15
to a case appraiser's decision after the time prescribed under the rules for 16
electing to go to trial has passed. 17
`(2) However, a party may apply for the order before the time mentioned 18
in subsection (1) if all parties agree. 19
`(3) The court may make any order it considers appropriate in the 20
circumstances. 21
6--Confidentiality, protection and immunity 22
`Division
convenors to maintain secrecy 23
`ADR
`91S.(1) An ADR convenor must not, without reasonable excuse, 24
disclose information coming to the convenor's knowledge during an ADR 25
process. 26
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units. 27
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`(2) It is a reasonable excuse to disclose information if the disclosure is 1
made-- 2
(a) with the agreement of all the parties to the ADR process; or 3
(b) for this part; or 4
(c) for statistical purposes without revealing, or being likely to reveal, 5
the identity of a person about whom the information relates; or 6
(d) for an inquiry or proceeding about an offence happening during 7
the ADR process; or 8
(e) for a proceeding founded on fraud alleged to be connected with, 9
or to have happened during, the ADR process; or 10
(f) under a requirement imposed under an Act. 11
protection and immunity allowed 12
`Ordinary
`91T.(1) In performing the functions of mediator or case appraiser, an 13
ADR convenor has the same protection and immunity as a Judge 14
performing the functions of a Judge. 15
`(2) A party appearing in an ADR dispute has the same protection and 16
immunity the party would have if the dispute were being heard before a 17
District Court. 18
`(3) A witness attending in an ADR dispute has the same protection and 19
immunity as a witness attending before a District Court. 20
`(4) A document produced at, or used for, an ADR dispute has the same 21
protection during the ADR dispute it would have if produced before a 22
District Court. 23
`(5) In subsection (2)-- 24
"party" includes a party's lawyer or agent. 25
made to ADR convenors 26
`Admissions
`91U.(1) Evidence of anything done or said, or an admission made, at an 27
ADR process about the dispute is admissible at the trial of the dispute or in 28
another civil proceeding before a District Court or elsewhere only if all 29
parties to the dispute agree. 30
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`(2) In subsection (1)-- 1
"civil proceeding" does not include a civil proceeding founded on fraud 2
alleged to be connected with, or to have happened during, the ADR 3
process. 4
`Division 7--Miscellaneous 5
of approval as mediator or case appraiser 6
`Revocation
`91V.(1) The Chief Judge may revoke the approval of a person as a 7
mediator or case appraiser. 8
`(2) The Chief Judge must give the person a statement of reasons for the 9
revocation.'. 10
of new s 94A 11
Insertion
Clause 13. After section 94, in part 7, division 1-- 12
insert-- 13
against refusal to approve and revocation of approval as 14
`Appeal
mediator or case appraiser 15
`94A. An appeal lies to the Court of Appeal, by leave of that court, 16
against-- 17
(a) a refusal to approve a person as a mediator or case appraiser; or 18
(b) the revocation of approval of a person as a mediator or case 19
appraiser.'. 20
of s 101 (Power to make rules of court) 21
Replacement
Clause 14. Section 101-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
making power 24
`Rule
`101.(1) The Governor in Council, with the agreement of the Chief Judge 25
and 5 or more other Judges, may make rules of court under this Act for a 26
s 15 39 s 15
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jurisdiction law. 1
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a rule may make provision about 2
any matter that-- 3
(a) is required or permitted to be prescribed under a jurisdiction law; 4
or 5
(b) is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or 6
giving effect to a jurisdiction law. 7
`(3) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a rule may also make 8
provision about-- 9
(a) the practices and procedures of District Courts and their registries; 10
or 11
(b) another matter mentioned in the schedule. 12
`(4) In this section-- 13
"jurisdiction law" means-- 14
(a) this Act; or 15
(b) a District Courts jurisdiction Act; or 16
(c) another law giving jurisdiction to District Courts.'. 17
of new ss 111 and 112 18
Insertion
Clause 15. After section 110-- 19
insert-- 20
of existing rules of court 21
`Saving
`111.(1) In this section-- 22
"former section 101" means section 101 as in force immediately before 23
the commencement. 24
"new section 101" means section 101 as in force immediately after the 25
commencement. 26
`(2) This section applies to a rule made under the former section 101 and 27
in force immediately before the commencement. 28
s 16 40 s 16
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`(3) The rule continues in force after the commencement as if it were 1
made under the new section 101. 2
`(4) This section is a law to which the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, 3
section 20A applies. 4
`(5) This section expires 2 years after it is made. 5
and renumbering of Act 6
`Numbering
`112. Section 43 (Numbering and renumbering of provisions) of the 7
Reprints Act 1992 must be used in the next reprint of this Act produced 8
under the Reprints Act 1992.'. 9
of new Schedule 10
Insertion
Clause 16. At the end-- 11
insert-- 12
CHEDULE 13
`S
UBJECT MATTER FOR RULES 14
`S
section 101 of the Act 15
ART 1--GENERAL 16
`P
`Jurisdiction of Judge in chambers 17
`1. Jurisdiction of a Judge in chambers. 18
`Jurisdiction of registrars and other officers 19
`2. Jurisdiction of registrars and other officers of District Courts. 20
s 16 41 s 16
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`Appeals from registrars and other officers 1
`3. Appeals from registrars and other officers of District Courts. 2
`Keeping records by registrars 3
`4. How books, entries and accounts (whether or not in documentary 4
form) are to be kept by registrars. 5
`Times for appearances etc. 6
`5. Times for appearing to plaints and summonses, for filing and serving 7
notices of defence. 8
`Particulars of plaint etc. 9
`6. Particulars to be given in a plaint or defence, including set-offs and 10
counterclaims. 11
`Service of documents 12
`7. Practice and procedure of District Courts in relation to the service of 13
documents inside and outside the State, including outside Australia. 14
`Costs 15
`8. Costs to be allowed to barristers and solicitors, and expenses to be 16
paid to witnesses. 17
`Fees 18
`9. Fees of court, and when, how and by whom the fees are payable. 19
`Forms 20
`10. Forms. 21
s 16 42 s 16
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`Taking notes of trial 1
`11. The taking of the notes of the trial or hearing of any action or matter. 2
`PART 2--ADR PROCESSES 3
`Approval of mediator or case appraiser 4
`1. Experience and qualifications for approval as a mediator or case 5
appraiser. 6
`Staying proceedings 7
`2. Staying proceedings, and the power of District Courts to stay 8
proceedings, until an ADR process is finished. 9
`Costs 10
`3. Persons who must pay ADR costs and the way, and time within 11
which, ADR costs are to be paid. 12
`Jurisdiction 13
`4. Jurisdiction of a case appraiser at a case appraisal. 14
`Seeking independent advice or information 15
`5. Ability of a mediator or case appraiser to seek independent advice or 16
information. 17
`Time for processes 18
`6. Time within which an ADR process should be finished (which may 19
be a time specified by the court). 20
s 17 43 s 18
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`Conduct of processes 1
`7. Conduct of an ADR process. 2
`Confidentiality 3
`8. Confidentiality of a mediated agreement or case appraiser's decision. 4
`Powers, procedures etc. applying to arbitrations 5
`9. Applying procedures and other matters similar to those applying to 6
arbitrations under the Commercial Arbitration Act 1990. 7
`Penalties 8
`10. Imposing penalties against a party who fails to cooperate in an ADR 9
process.'. 10
ART 4--AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES 11
P
COURTS ACT 1921 12
amended 13
Act
Clause 17. This part and schedule 2 amend the Magistrates Courts Act 1921. 14
of s 2 (Interpretation) 15
Amendment
Clause 18.(1) Section 2, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Definitions'. 18
(2) Section 2-- 19
insert-- 20
` "ADR costs" means-- 21
s 18 44 s 18
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(a) for a mediation-- 1
(i) the mediator's fee; and 2
(ii) the venue provider's fee for providing the venue; and 3
(iii) other costs prescribed under the rules; and 4
(b) for a case appraisal-- 5
(i) the case appraiser's fee; and 6
(ii) the venue provider's fee for providing the venue; and 7
(iii) other costs prescribed under the rules. 8
"ADR convenor" means a mediator or case appraiser. 9
"ADR dispute" means a dispute referred to an ADR process. 10
"ADR process" see section 10C. 11
"case appraisal" see section 10E. 12
"case appraiser" means-- 13
(a) a case appraiser approved under section 10G; or 14
(b) a Magistrate. 15
"dispute" means-- 16
(a) a dispute in an action; or 17
(b) something else about which the parties are in dispute that may be 18
dealt with in a mediation at the same time as an ADR dispute. 19
"mediation" see section 10D. 20
"mediator" means a mediator approved under section 10F. 21
"party" means a party to a dispute. 22
"referring court", of a mediation or case appraisal, means the Magistrates 23
Court that referred the action to mediation or case appraisal. 24
"referring order" means an order made under section 10I referring a 25
dispute to an ADR process. 26
"rules" means rules of court under this Act. 27
"Small Debts Court" see section 4I(2).'. 28
s 19 45 s 19
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of new pt 5 1
Insertion
Clause 19. After section 10A-- 2
insert-- 3
`PART 5--ADR PROCESSES 4
1--Preliminary 5
`Division
of part 6
`Objects
`10B. The objects of this part are-- 7
(a) to provide an opportunity for litigants to participate in ADR 8
processes in order to achieve negotiated settlements and 9
satisfactory resolutions of disputes; and 10
(b) to introduce ADR processes into the court system to improve 11
access to justice for litigants and to reduce cost and delay; and 12
(c) to provide a legislative framework allowing ADR processes to be 13
conducted as quickly, and with as little formality and technicality, 14
as possible; and 15
(d) to safeguard ADR processes-- 16
(i) by ensuring they remain confidential; and 17
(ii) by extending the same protection to participants in an ADR 18
process they would have if the dispute were before a 19
Magistrates Court. 20
2--Important terms 21
`Division
process 22
`ADR
`10C.(1) An "ADR process" is a process of mediation or case appraisal 23
under which the parties are helped to achieve an early, inexpensive 24
settlement or resolution of their dispute. 25
s 19 46 s 19
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`(2) In division 6 4, an "ADR process" includes all the steps involved in 1
an ADR process, including, for example-- 2
(a) pre-mediation and post-mediation sessions; and 3
(b) a case appraisal session; and 4
(c) joint sessions; and 5
(d) private sessions; and 6
(e) another step prescribed under the rules. 7
8
`Mediation
`10D. "Mediation" is a process under the rules under which the parties 9
use a mediator to help them resolve their dispute by negotiated agreement 10
without adjudication. 11
appraisal 12
`Case
`10E.(1) "Case appraisal" is a process under the rules under which a 13
case appraiser provisionally decides a dispute. 14
`(2) A case appraiser's decision is not binding on the parties until-- 15
(a) the time prescribed by the rules for filing an election to go to trial 16
has passed; and 17
(b) a Magistrates Court, by order, gives effect to the decision. 18
3--Establishment of ADR processes 19
`Division
of mediators 20
`Approval
`10F. The Chief Stipendiary Magistrate may approve, or refuse to 21
approve, a person as a mediator. 22
4 Confidentiality, protection and immunity
s 19 47 s 19
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of case appraisers 1
`Approval
`10G. The Chief Stipendiary Magistrate may approve, or refuse to 2
approve, a person as a case appraiser. 3
register 4
`ADR
`10H.(1) The registrar of a Magistrates Court in Brisbane nominated by 5
the Chief Stipendiary Magistrate for the purpose must keep a register of 6
information about ADR processes. 7
`(2) The register may be kept in the form (whether or not in a 8
documentary form) the registrar considers appropriate. 9
`(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the registrar may change the form 10
in which a register or a part of a register is kept. 11
`(4) The register must contain-- 12
(a) the name and address of each mediator and each case appraiser 13
(other than a Magistrate); and 14
(b) other information prescribed under the rules; and 15
(c) other information decided by the Chief Stipendiary Magistrate. 16
may agree to ADR process 17
`Parties
`10I.(1) The parties to a dispute may agree to refer their dispute to an 18
ADR process. 19
`(2) If the parties agree to the referral, they must file a consent order in 20
the form prescribed under the rules with the registrar. 21
`(3) A consent order filed under this section is taken to be a referring 22
order. 23
may consider and order reference to ADR process 24
`Court
`10J.(1) A Magistrates Court may require the parties or their 25
representatives to attend before it to enable the court to decide whether the 26
parties' dispute should be referred to an ADR process. 27
s 19 48 s 19
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`(2) The court may, by order ("referring order"), refer the dispute for 1
mediation or case appraisal. 2
`(3) Without limiting the court's discretion, the court may take the 3
following matters into account when deciding whether to refer a dispute to 4
case appraisal-- 5
(a) whether the costs of litigating the dispute to the end are likely to 6
be disproportionate to the benefit gained; 7
(b) the likelihood of an appraisal producing a compromise or an 8
abandonment of a claim or defence; 9
(c) other circumstances justify an appraisal. 10
must attend at ADR process if Magistrates Court orders 11
`Parties
`10K.(1) If a referring order is made, the parties-- 12
(a) must attend before the ADR convenor appointed to conduct the 13
ADR process; and 14
(b) must not impede the ADR convenor in conducting and finishing 15
the ADR process within the time allowed under the referring 16
order. 17
`(2) If a party impedes the ADR process, a Magistrates Court may 18
impose sanctions against the party, including, for example-- 19
(a) by ordering that any claim for relief by the defaulting party is 20
stayed until further order; and 21
(b) by taking the party's action into account when awarding costs in 22
the proceeding or in another related proceeding between the 23
parties. 24
at case appraisal 25
`Procedure
`10L.(1) At a case appraisal, the case appraiser-- 26
(a) must decide the procedure to be used at the case appraisal; and 27
(b) may adopt any procedure that will, in the case appraiser's 28
opinion, enable a sound opinion of the likely outcome of the 29
dispute to be reached; and 30
s 19 49 s 19
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(c) must finish the case appraisal as quickly as possible. 1
`(2) However, the case appraiser may, in special circumstances-- 2
(a) receive evidence; and 3
(b) examine witnesses, and administer oaths to witnesses, who have 4
been lawfully called before the case appraiser. 5
`(3) A Magistrates Court may, at any time, give directions about 6
procedure to be used at the case appraisal. 7
`(4) This section is subject to section 10M. 8
ubpoenas 9
`S
`10M.(1) A person may be subpoenaed to appear at a case appraisal only 10
by order of a Magistrates Court. 11
`(2) A person may not be subpoenaed to appear at a mediation. 12
`(3) A person subpoenaed to appear at a case appraisal must not be 13
compelled to answer a question, or produce a document, the person could 14
not be compelled to answer or produce before a Magistrates Court. 15
`Division 4--Party unable to pay share of costs 16
unable to pay share of costs 17
`Party
`10N.(1) If, at any time, a Magistrates Court is of the opinion a party to 18
an ADR process is unable, because of the party's financial circumstances, 19
to pay the party's percentage of the ADR costs, the court may make an 20
order appropriate in the circumstances. 21
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the order may provide-- 22
(a) the reference to the ADR process be cancelled; or 23
(b) the referring order be revoked and another referring order made. 24
s 19 50 s 19
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5--What to do when ADR process is finished 1
`Division
resolution agreement 2
`Mediated
`10O.(1) If, at a mediation, the parties agree on a resolution of their 3
dispute or part of it, the agreement must be written down and signed by or 4
for each party and by the mediator. 5
`(2) The agreement has the same effect as any other compromise. 6
to file certificate 7
`Mediator
`10P. As soon as practicable after a mediation has finished, the mediator 8
must file with the registrar of the referring court a certificate about the 9
mediation in the form prescribed under the rules. 10
appraiser to file certificate and decision 11
`Case
`10Q. As soon as practicable after a case appraisal has finished, the case 12
appraiser must file with the registrar of the referring court-- 13
(a) a certificate about the case appraisal in the form prescribed under 14
the rules; and 15
(b) the case appraiser's decision (if any). 16
giving effect to mediation agreement 17
`Orders
`10R.(1) A party may apply to a Magistrates Court for an order giving 18
effect to an agreement reached after mediation. 19
`(2) However, a party may apply for the order only after the mediator's 20
certificate is filed with the registrar of the referring court. 21
`(3) The Court may make any order it considers appropriate in the 22
circumstances. 23
giving effect to case appraiser's decision 24
`Orders
`10S.(1) A party may apply to a Magistrates Court for an order giving 25
effect to a case appraiser's decision after the time prescribed under the rules 26
s 19 51 s 19
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for electing to go to trial has passed. 1
`(2) However, a party may apply for the order before the time mentioned 2
in subsection (1) if all parties agree. 3
`(3) The court may make any order it considers appropriate in the 4
circumstances. 5
6--Confidentiality, protection and immunity 6
`Division
convenors to maintain secrecy 7
`ADR
`10T.(1) An ADR convenor must not, without reasonable excuse, 8
disclose information coming to the convenor's knowledge during an ADR 9
process. 10
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units. 11
`(2) It is a reasonable excuse to disclose information if the disclosure is 12
made-- 13
(a) with the agreement of all the parties to the ADR process; or 14
(b) for this part; or 15
(c) for statistical purposes without revealing, or being likely to reveal, 16
the identity of a person about whom the information relates; or 17
(d) for an inquiry or proceeding about an offence happening during 18
the ADR process; or 19
(e) for a proceeding founded on fraud alleged to be connected with, 20
or to have happened during, the ADR process; or 21
(f) under a requirement imposed under an Act. 22
protection and immunity allowed 23
`Ordinary
`10U.(1) In performing the functions of mediator or case appraiser, an 24
ADR convenor has the same protection and immunity as a Magistrate 25
performing the functions of a Magistrate. 26
`(2) A party appearing in an ADR dispute has the same protection and 27
immunity the party would have if the dispute were being heard before a 28
s 20 52 s 20
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Magistrates Court. 1
`(3) A witness attending in an ADR dispute has the same protection and 2
immunity as a witness attending before a Magistrates Court. 3
`(4) A document produced at, or used for, an ADR dispute has the same 4
protection during the ADR dispute it would have if produced before a 5
Magistrates Court. 6
`(5) In subsection (2)-- 7
"party" includes a party's lawyer or agent. 8
made to ADR convenors 9
`Admissions
`10V.(1) Evidence of anything done or said, or an admission made, at an 10
ADR process about the dispute is admissible at the trial of the dispute or 11
before another civil proceeding in a Magistrates Court or elsewhere only if 12
all the parties to the dispute agree. 13
`(2) In subsection (1)-- 14
"civil proceeding" does not include a civil proceeding founded on fraud 15
alleged to be connected with, or to have happened during, the ADR 16
process. 17
`Division 7--Miscellaneous 18
of approval as mediator or case appraiser 19
`Revocation
`10W.(1) The Chief Stipendiary Magistrate may revoke the approval of a 20
person as a mediator or case appraiser. 21
`(2) The Chief Stipendiary Magistrate must give the person a statement 22
of reasons for the revocation.'. 23
of new s 11AF 24
Insertion
Clause 20. After section 11AE, in part 6-- 25
insert-- 26
s 21 53 s 22
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against refusal to approve and revocation of approval as 1
`Appeal
mediator or case appraiser 2
`11AF. An appeal lies to the District Court against-- 3
(a) a refusal to approve a person as a mediator or case appraiser; or 4
(b) the revocation of approval of a person as a mediator or case 5
appraiser.'. 6
of new s 13C 7
Insertion
Clause 21. After section 13B, in part 7-- 8
insert-- 9
of court 10
`Procedure
`13C. The procedure for appeal to a Magistrates Court is, in the absence 11
of relevant rules, as directed by a Magistrate.'. 12
of s 14 (Power to make rules of court) 13
Replacement
Clause 22. Section 14-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
making power 16
`Rule
`14.(1) The Governor in Council may make rules of court under this Act 17
for a jurisdiction law. 18
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a rule may make provision about 19
any matter that-- 20
(a) is required or permitted to be prescribed under a jurisdiction law; 21
or 22
(b) is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or 23
giving effect to a jurisdiction law. 24
`(3) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a rule may also make 25
provision about-- 26
(a) the practices and procedures of Magistrates Courts and their 27
registries; or 28
s 23 54 s 24
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(b) another matter mentioned in the schedule. 1
`(4) In this section-- 2
"jurisdiction law" means-- 3
(a) this Act; or 4
(b) another law giving jurisdiction to Magistrates Courts.'. 5
of s 16 (Existing rules of court) 6
Replacement
Clause 23. Section 16-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
of existing rules of court 9
`Saving
`16.(1) In this section-- 10
"former section 14" means section 14 as in force immediately before the 11
commencement. 12
"new section 14" means section 14 as in force immediately after the 13
commencement. 14
`(2) This section applies to-- 15
(a) a rule made under the former section 14 and in force immediately 16
before the commencement; and 17
(b) any other rule of court contained in an order in council made 18
under this Act and in force immediately before the 19
commencement. 20
`(3) The rule continues in force after the commencement as if it were 21
made under the new section 14. 22
`(4) This section is a law to which the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, 23
section 20A applies. 24
`(5) This section expires 2 years after it is made.'. 25
of new s 17 26
Insertion
Clause 24. After section 16-- 27
insert-- 28
s 25 55 s 25
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and renumbering of Act 1
`Numbering
`17. Section 43 (Numbering and renumbering of provisions) of the 2
Reprints Act 1992 must be used in the next reprint of this Act produced 3
under the Reprints Act 1992.'. 4
of new schedule 5
Insertion
Clause 25. At the end-- 6
insert-- 7
CHEDULE 8
`S
UBJECT MATTER FOR RULES 9
`S
section 14 of the Act 10
ART 1--GENERAL 11
`P
`Jurisdiction with consent 12
`1. Jurisdiction, with the consent of the parties to the action, to try an 13
action that might be brought in the Supreme Court, and regulating the 14
exercise of the consent jurisdiction. 15
`Jurisdiction for recovery of possession of land 16
`2. Jurisdiction, to the extent of the jurisdiction of District Courts, for the 17
recovery of possession of land (with or without rent or mesne profits) by 18
landlords from tenants and other persons. 19
`Powers etc of registrars and other officers 20
`3. The powers, duties, and authorities of officers of Magistrates Courts. 21
s 25 56 s 25
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`Sittings of Magistrates Courts 1
`4. Sittings of Magistrates Courts. 2
`Starting, and transferring, proceedings 3
`5. Districts and courts in which proceedings must be started, and 4
transfer of proceedings from a district to another district. 5
`Summonses 6
`6. Summonses for, and the attendance and examination of, witnesses 7
before a Magistrates Court, in arbitration proceedings or otherwise. 8
`New trials, appeals and evidence 9
`7. New trials and appeals, including the evidence to be used at the new 10
trial or appeal and the admission of further evidence in exceptional cases 11
and special cases. 12
`Proceedings after death or insolvency 13
`8. Abatement or continuance of action if a plaintiff dies or becomes 14
insolvent. 15
`Keeping records by registrars 16
`9. How books, entries and accounts (whether or not in documentary 17
form) are to be kept by registrars. 18
`Referral to arbitration 19
`10. Referring, with or without consent of parties, an action to arbitration 20
under the Commercial Arbitration Act 1990, and enforcing arbitration 21
awards. 22
s 25 57 s 25
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`Service of documents 1
`11. Practice and procedure of Magistrates Courts in relation to the 2
service of documents inside and outside the State, including outside 3
Australia. 4
`Costs 5
`12. Costs to be allowed to barristers and solicitors, and expenses to be 6
paid to witnesses. 7
`Fees 8
`13. Fees of court, and when, how and by whom the fees are payable. 9
`Forms 10
`14. Forms. 11
`Contempt 12
`15. Imposing, or authorising a Magistrates Court of its own initiative, to 13
impose fines or other punishment for contempt of court by any person 14
(including officers of the Supreme Court), or for misconduct or neglect by 15
any officer. 16
`PART 2--ADR PROCESSES 17
`Approval of mediator or case appraiser 18
`1. Experience and qualifications for approval as a mediator or case 19
appraiser. 20
s 25 58 s 25
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`Staying proceedings 1
`2. Staying proceedings, and the power of Magistrates Courts to stay 2
proceedings, until an ADR process is finished. 3
`Costs 4
`3. Persons who must pay ADR costs and the way, and time within 5
which, ADR costs are to be paid. 6
`Jurisdiction 7
`4. Jurisdiction of a case appraiser at a case appraisal. 8
`Seeking independent advice or information 9
`5. Ability of a mediator or case appraiser to seek independent advice or 10
information. 11
`Time for processes 12
`6. Time within which an ADR process should be finished (which may 13
be a time specified by the court). 14
`Conduct of processes 15
`7. Conduct of an ADR process. 16
`Confidentiality 17
`8. Confidentiality of a mediated agreement or case appraiser's decision. 18
`Powers, procedures etc. applying to arbitrations 19
`9. Applying procedures and other matters similar to those applying to 20
arbitrations under the Commercial Arbitration Act 1990. 21
s 26 59 s 28
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`Penalties 1
`10. Imposing penalties against a party who fails to cooperate in an ADR 2
process.'. 3
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF JUDICIAL REVIEW ACT 4
1991 5
amended 6
Act
Clause 26. This part amends the Judicial Review Act 1991. 7
of s 3 (Definitions) 8
Amendment
Clause 27.(1) Section 3, definitions "GOC" and "rules of court"-- 9
omit. 10
(2) Section 3-- 11
insert-- 12
` "rules of court" mean the rules of court of the Supreme Court.'. 13
of s 18 (Act to operate despite existing laws) 14
Replacement
Clause 28. Section 18-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
of other laws 17
`Operation
`18.(1) This Act has effect despite any law in force at its commencement. 18
`(2) However, this Act does not-- 19
(a) affect the operation of an enactment mentioned in schedule 1, 20
part 1; or 21
(b) apply to decisions made, proposed to be made, or required to be 22
made, under an enactment mentioned in schedule 1, part 2.'. 23
s 29 60 s 31
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of s 55 (Rules may provide for service etc.) 1
Omission
Clause 29. Section 55-- 2
omit. 3
of pt 7 (Amendments) 4
Omission
Clause 30. Part 7-- 5
omit. 6
of sch 1 7
Amendment
Clause 31.(1) Schedule 1, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`SCHEDULE 1 10
`OPERATION OF OTHER LAWS 11
section 18 of the Act 12
`PART 1--ENACTMENTS THAT PROVIDE FOR 13
NON-REVIEW OR LIMITED REVIEW OF 14
DECISIONS'. 15
(2) Schedule 1, item 3-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`3. Industrial Relations Act 1990, sections 13 and 93'. 18
(3) Schedule 1, item 5-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`5. Retail Shop Leases Act 1994, section 88'. 21
(4) Schedule 1, at the end-- 22
insert-- 23
s 31 61 s 31
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`PART 2--ENACTMENTS TO WHICH THIS ACT 1
DOES NOT APPLY 2
1. District Courts Act 1967, sections 91E, 91F and 91V(1) 3
2. Magistrates Courts Act 1921, sections 10F, 10G and 10W(1) 4
3. Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991, sections 100E, 100F and 5
100V(1)'. 6
7
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CHEDULE 1 1
¡S
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF DISTRICT COURTS ACT 2
1967 3
section 10 of the Act 4
1. Section 1(2) and heading-- 5
omit. 6
2. Section 1(3) and (4) and heading to section 1(3)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Suspension of Act's operation 9
`1A. A regulation may provide that this Act or a provision of this Act is 10
not in force for a district.'. 11
3. Section 3(3) and heading-- 12
omit. 13
4. Heading before section-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Division 1--Courts'. 16
5. Section 5(1), heading-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Appointment of District Courts and assignment of districts'. 19
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
6. Section 5, `proclamation'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`regulation'. 3
7. Section 5(2), heading-- 4
omit. 5
8. Section 6(2)-- 6
renumber as section 6A. 7
9. Heading before section 9-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Division 2--Judges'. 10
10. Section 17, `, by order in council,'-- 11
omit. 12
11. Section 19(1) `by proclamation'-- 13
omit. 14
12. Heading before section 28-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Division 3--Certiorari, mandamus and prohibition'. 17
13. Headings before sections 29, 30 and 31-- 18
omit. 19
64
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
14. Section 31(1), `to be a stay of proceedings'-- 1
omit. 2
15. Section 31(2), heading-- 3
omit. 4
16. Heading before section 33-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Division 4--Registries'. 7
17. Heading before section 34-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Division 5--Officers'. 10
18. Section 36, `those Acts'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`that Act'. 13
19. Section 37(2), heading-- 14
omit. 15
20. Heading before section 46-- 16
omit. 17
21. Heading before section 51-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Division 6--Barristers, solicitors and agents'. 20
65
Courts Legislation Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
22. Section 53(1), `, by proclamation,'-- 1
omit. 2
23. Section 55(3)-- 3
renumber as section 55A. 4
24. Before section 58, in part 4-- 5
insert-- 6
`Division 1--Criminal jurisdiction'. 7
25. Section 60, `by proclamation'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`by regulation'. 10
26. Section 60, `the proclamation' (first and third mentions)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`the regulation'. 13
27. Section 60, `publication of the proclamation in the Gazette'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`notification of the regulation'. 16
28. Heading before section 61-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Division 2--Procedure'. 19
66
Courts Legislation Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
29. Before section 66, in part 5-- 1
insert-- 2
`Division 1--Court's civil jurisdiction and powers'. 3
30. Section 74(2)-- 4
renumber as section 74A. 5
31. Heading before section 75-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Division 2--Trial by jury'. 8
32. Heading before section 76-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Division 3--Evidence'. 11
33. Heading before section 77-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Division 4--Removal of actions'. 14
34. Section 83(2) and (3)-- 15
renumber as section 83A(1) and (2) respectively. 16
35. Heading before section 92-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Division 1--Appeals to Court of Appeal'. 19
67
Courts Legislation Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
36. Before section 95-- 1
insert-- 2
`Division 2--Appeals and special cases from Magistrates Courts'. 3
37. Section 95(3)-- 4
renumber as section 95A. 5
38. Before section 96-- 6
insert-- 7
`Division 3--Other appeals to District Courts'. 8
39. Heading before section 97-- 9
omit. 10
40. Section 99-- 11
omit. 12
41. Part 9, heading and heading before section 101-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`PART 9--MISCELLANEOUS'. 15
42. Headings before sections 102 and 103-- 16
omit. 17
43. Section 102(1), `The Governor in Council may from time to time 18
by order in council determine'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
68
Courts Legislation Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
`A regulation may fix'. 1
44. Sections 108 and 109-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Regulation making power 4
`108. The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 5
`PART 10--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 6
`References to District Courts 7
`109.(1) In another Act, a reference to a District Court is a reference to a 8
District Court within the meaning of this Act. 9
`(2) For an Act passed before the commencement of this Act, 10
subsection (1) has effect even though the reference is expressed to relate to a 11
District Court within the meaning of another Act.'. 12
13
69
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CHEDULE 2 1
¡S
INOR AMENDMENTS OF MAGISTRATES 2
M
COURTS ACT 1921 3
section 17 of the Act 4
1. Before section 1-- 5
insert-- 6
`PART 1--PRELIMINARY'. 7
2. Section 1-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Short title 10
`1. This Act may be cited as the Magistrates Courts Act 1921.'. 11
3. Before section 4-- 12
insert-- 13
`PART 2--JURISDICTION'. 14
4. Section 4A, `The Court'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`A Magistrates Court'. 17
5. Section 4C(2), `another Court'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`any other court'. 20
70
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SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
6. Section 4D, `the Court' (first mention)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`a Magistrates Court'. 3
7. Section 4E, `the Court'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`a Magistrates Court'. 6
8. Section 4H, heading, `Court'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Magistrates Court'. 9
9. Section 4H, `the Court' (first mention)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`a Magistrates Court'. 12
10. Before section 5-- 13
insert-- 14
`PART 3--MAGISTRATES COURTS'. 15
11. Section 5, heading, `Courts'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Magistrates Courts'. 18
12. Section 6, heading, `Court'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Magistrates Courts'. 21
71
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SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
13. Section 6, `Courts'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Magistrates Courts'. 3
14. Section 7, heading, `Court'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Magistrates Courts'. 6
15. Section 7, `the Court'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`a Magistrates Court'. 9
16. Section 7, `rules of court'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`rules'. 12
17. Section 7A(1), `Court'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Magistrates Court'. 15
18. Section 7A(2), `The Court'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`A Magistrates Court'. 18
19. Section 7A, as amended-- 19
renumber as section 4I and relocate in part 2. 20
72
Courts Legislation Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
20. Section 8, heading, `Court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Magistrates Court'. 3
21. Section 8(1), `The Court'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`A Magistrates Court'. 6
22. Before section 9-- 7
insert-- 8
`PART 4--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE'. 9
23. Section 9(1), `rules of court'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`rules'. 12
24. Section 9(1), `address the Court'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`address a Magistrates Court'. 15
25. Section 10, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Laws of evidence'. 18
26. Section 10A(1) (first mention) and (2), `the Court'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`a Magistrates Court'. 21
73
Courts Legislation Amendment
SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
27. Before section 11-- 1
insert-- 2
`PART 6--JUDGMENTS, NEW TRIALS, APPEALS 3
AND RELATED MATTERS'. 4
28. Section 11(1), `the Court'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`a Magistrates Court'. 7
29. Section 11(2), `a Court'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`a Magistrates Court'. 10
30. Section 11(2), `another Court'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`any other court'. 13
31. Section 11AA(1), `the Court' (first mention)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`a Magistrates Court'. 16
32. Section 11AA(2), `hearing the application'-- 17
omit. 18
33. Section 11AB(1), `the Court' (first mention)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`a Magistrates Court'. 21
74
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SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
34. Section 11AB(1) `rules of court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the rules'. 3
35. Section 11AC, heading, `by Court'-- 4
omit. 5
36. Section 11AC, `The Court'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`A Magistrates Court'. 8
37. Before section 11A-- 9
insert-- 10
`PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS'. 11
38. Section 11A, `the Court' (first mention)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`a Magistrates Court'. 14
39. Section 12, `the Court' (first mention)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a Magistrates Court'. 17
40. Section 13B, `the Court' (first mention)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`a Magistrates Court'. 20
75
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SCHEDULE 2 (continued)
41. Before section 14-- 1
insert-- 2
`PART 8--RULES OF COURT'. 3
42. Before section 15-- 4
insert-- 5
`PART 9--TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS'. 6
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