Justices Amendment Rules 2014
The Magistrates Rule Committee, in the exercise of its powers under section 15AE of the Magistrates Court Act 1987 , makes the following rules of court for courts of summary jurisdiction exercising jurisdiction under the Justices Act 1959 .
These rules may be cited as the Justices Amendment Rules 2014 .
These rules of court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these rules, the Justices Rules 2003 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 54A amended (Interpretation)
Rule 54A of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting the definitions of victim and victim impact statement and substituting the following definitions:victim means –(a) a victim within the meaning of section 81A of the Sentencing Act 1997 or section 36A of the Youth Justice Act 1997 ; or(b) a person allowed to furnish to the Court a written statement under section 81A(2A) of the Sentencing Act 1997 or section 36A(3) of the Youth Justice Act 1997 ;victim impact statement means a statement furnished under section 81A of the Sentencing Act 1997 , or section 36A of the Youth Justice Act 1997 , by a victim of an offence.
These rules of court were made by the Magistrates Rules Committee at a meeting held on 1 April 2014.
Michael Daly
Deputy Chief Magistrate
Christopher Paul Webster
Magistrate
Olivia McTaggart
Magistrate
Sam Mollard
Magistrate
Glenn Hay
Magistrate
Reg Marron
Magistrate
W. M. Griffiths
Member
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 16 April 2014
These rules are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the rule)
These rules of court amend the Justices Rules 2003 by –(a) extending the definition of victim; and(b) prescribing victim impact statements provided under the Youth Justice Act 1997 as victim impact statements that may be provided to the Court under Part 9A of the Rules.