Magistrates Courts Jurisdiction Amendment Bill 1993 (Qld)

Queensland

MAGISTRATES COURTS JURISDICTION AMENDMENT BILL 1993

Queensland

MAGISTRATES COURTS JURISDICTION AMENDMENT BILL 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title 2.2... eee eee 4 2 Commencement ......... 0.0.0 eee eee 4 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT 1921 3 Amended Act ....... 0... cee cee eee eens 4 4 Amendment of s.4 (Jurisdiction of Magistrates Courts)................ 4 5 Amendment of s.10 (Rules of evidence)............0..00..000.0000. 4 6 Amendment of s.11 2.0.0.0... 0. eee 5 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974

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MINOR AMENDMENTS OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT 1921

A BILL

FOR

An Act relating to the jurisdiction of Magistrates Courts, and for other purposes Magistrates Courts Jurisdiction Amendment

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

Clause1. This Act may be cited as the Magistrates Courts Jurisdiction Amendment Act 1993.

Commencement

Clause2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT 1921

Amended Act

Clause3. The Magistrates Courts Act 192] is amended as set out in this Part and the Schedule.

Amendment of s.4 (Jurisdiction of Magistrates Courts) Clause4. Section 4(1), (2) and (3)— omit '$20 000' (wherever occurring), insert '$40 000'.

Amendment of s.10 (Rules of evidence) Clause5. Section 10(1)—

omit, insert— 12 1417Magistrates Courts Jurisdiction Amendment

'Court rules and procedure

*10.(1) The laws of evidence that apply in the Supreme Court apply in the trial of all questions of fact in the Court.

'(2) However, in an action for a small debt or any other action in which the amount sued for is not more than $5 000, the Court—