Magistrates Court of Western Australia

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
lower court ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Justice of Western Australia ⓘ
appealsTo District Court of Western Australia ⓘ
Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ
civilJurisdictionLimit limited monetary value ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
courtLevel inferior court ⓘ
dateEstablished 2005 ⓘ
establishedBy Magistrates Court Act 2004 (WA) ⓘ
governingLaw Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA) ⓘ
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (WA) ⓘ
Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Rules ⓘ
Magistrates Court Act 2004 (WA) ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Perth, Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Perth
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf court system of Western Australia ⓘ
predecessor Court of Petty Sessions of Western Australia ⓘ
Local Court of Western Australia ⓘ
Small Claims Tribunal of Western Australia ⓘ
replaced Court of Petty Sessions of Western Australia ⓘ
Local Court of Western Australia ⓘ
Small Claims Tribunal of Western Australia ⓘ
supervisedBy Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ
typeOfCases administrative ⓘ
civil ⓘ
criminal ⓘ
regulatory ⓘ
website https://www.magistratescourt.wa.gov.au ⓘ

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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 → Industrial Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Magistrates Court of Western Australia
Supreme Court of Western Australia → hearsAppealsFrom → Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ
Magistrates Court of Western Australia → predecessor → Local Court of Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Magistrates Court of Western Australia
Magistrates Court of Western Australia → replaced → Local Court of Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Magistrates Court of Western Australia
Chief Magistrate of the Magistrates Court of Western Australia → partOf → Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ
District Court of Western Australia → aboveInHierarchy → Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ
General Division of the Supreme Court of Western Australia → hearsAppealsFrom → Magistrates Court of Western Australia ⓘ
subject linked to: General Division