Youth Court Act 1993 (SA)

South Australia Youth Court Act 1993 An Act to establish the Youth Court of South Australia; to define its jurisdiction and powers; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation Part 2—Youth Court of South Australia Division 1—Establishment of Court 4 Establishment of Court 5 Court of record 6 Seals Division 2—Jurisdiction of the Court 7 Jurisdiction Division 3—Court's duty to explain proceedings 8 Duty to explain proceedings Part 3—Composition and administration of the Court Division 1—The Court's judiciary 9 Court's judiciary 10 Court's principal judicial officer 10A Appointment and conditions of judicial registrars 10B Judicial registrar ceasing to hold office and suspension 10C Jurisdiction of judicial registrar Division 2—The Court's administrative and ancillary staff 11 Administrative and ancillary staff 12 Registrar 13 Responsibilities of staff 13A Sitting or acting outside State Division 3—Sitting and distribution of business 14 Constitution of Court 15 Time and place of sittings 16 Adjournment from time to time and place to place 17 Segregation of proceedings Part 4—Evidentiary powers 18 Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of evidentiary material 19 Power to compel the giving of evidence 20 Entry and inspection of property 21 Production of persons held in custody Part 5—Appellate proceedings 22 Appeals 23 Reservation of question of law Part 6—Confidentiality of proceedings 24 Persons who may be present in Court Part 7—Miscellaneous 26 Immunities 27 Contempt of Court 28 Punishment of contempt 29 Authority for imprisonment or detention 30 Age 31 Legal process 32 Rules of Court 33 Court fees Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Youth Court Act 1993. 3—Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— Court or Youth Court means the Youth Court of South Australia; evidentiary material means any document, object or substance of evidentiary value in proceedings before the Court and includes any document, object or substance that should, in the opinion of the Court, be produced for the purpose of enabling the Court to determine whether or not it has evidentiary value; judicial office means the office of Judge, magistrate, judicial registrar or special justice; judicial registrar means a Youth Court judicial registrar; judgment includes a declaration or order; Registrar means the Registrar of the Court, but does not include a judicial registrar.