Magistrates Court of Western Australia

E886411
court lower court trial court

The Magistrates Court of Western Australia is the state’s lower-level court that primarily handles minor criminal matters, civil disputes of limited value, and various administrative and regulatory cases.

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Label Occurrences
Magistrates Court of Western Australia canonical 2
Industrial Magistrates Court of Western Australia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
lower court ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Justice of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealsTo District Court of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Supreme Court of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
civilJurisdictionLimit limited monetary value ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
courtLevel inferior court ⓘ
dateEstablished 2005 ⓘ
establishedBy Magistrates Court Act 2004 (WA) NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingLaw Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (WA) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magistrates Court Act 2004 (WA) NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles administrative cases ⓘ
civil disputes of limited value ⓘ
minor criminal matters ⓘ
regulatory cases ⓘ
some indictable offences triable summarily ⓘ
summary offences ⓘ
hasJudicialOfficers magistrates ⓘ
hasRegistry Perth Magistrates Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
regional magistrates courts in Western Australia ⓘ
hears bail applications ⓘ
committal proceedings ⓘ
liquor licensing prosecutions ⓘ
local government prosecutions ⓘ
minor civil claims ⓘ
restraining order applications ⓘ
traffic offences ⓘ
jurisdiction Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Perth, Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf court system of Western Australia ⓘ
predecessor Court of Petty Sessions of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Local Court of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Small Claims Tribunal of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced Court of Petty Sessions of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Local Court of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Small Claims Tribunal of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervisedBy Supreme Court of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfCases administrative ⓘ
civil ⓘ
criminal ⓘ
regulatory ⓘ
website https://www.magistratescourt.wa.gov.au ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Western Australia → hasCourt → Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ
Judiciary of Western Australia → hasCourt → Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Industrial Magistrates Court of Western Australia
Supreme Court of Western Australia → hearsAppealsFrom → Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ