Magistrates Courts Act 1921 No. 22
Table of Reprints
List of Legislation
Magistrates Courts Act 1921 No. 22 12 Geo 5 No. 22
date of assent 11 November 1921
s 14 commenced 11 November 1921 (see s 14 (3))
remaining provisions commenced 3 April 1922 (proc pubd gaz 30 March 1922 p 999)
Amending legislation
Magistrates Courts Acts Amendment Act 1954 No. 32 3 Eliz 2 No. 32
date of assent 28 October 1954
commenced on date of assent
Justices Acts Amendment Act 1964 No. 32 s 3 sch
date of assent 14 April 1964
commenced 1 January 1965 (proc pubd gaz 7 November 1964 p 827)
Age of Majority Act 1974 No. 57 s 8 sch
date of assent 27 September 1974
commenced 1 March 1975 (proc pubd gaz 16 November 1974 p 1083)
Limitation of Actions Act 1974 No. 75 s 4 sch
date of assent 01 November 1974
commenced 1 July 1975 (see s 2)
Magistrates Courts Act Amendment Act 1975 No. 23
date of assent 15 May 1975
commenced 1 July 1975 (proc pubd gaz 14 June 1975 p 934)
District Courts’ and Magistrates Courts’ Jurisdiction Act 1976 No. 19 pt 3
date of assent 15 April 1976
commenced 14 June 1977 (proc pubd gaz 4 June 1977 p 866)
District and Magistrates Courts Acts and Property Law Act Amendment Act 1982 No. 51 pt 3
date of assent 22 October 1982
commenced 23 May 1983 (proc pubd gaz 14 May 1983 p 393)
District Courts (Venue of Appeals) Act 1988 No. 7 pt 4
date of assent 07 April 1988
commenced 1 August 1988 (proc pubd gaz 16 July 1988 p 2876)
District Courts Act and Other Acts Amendment Act 1989 No. 40 pt 3
date of assent 05 May 1989
commenced 1 November 1989 (proc pubd gaz 21 October 1989 p 1249)
Public Service (Administrative Arrangements) Act 1990 (No. 2) No. 80 s 3 sch 6
date of assent 14 November 1990
commenced on date of assent
Magistrates Courts Jurisdiction Amendment Act 1993 No. 39 pts 1–2 s 3 sch
date of assent 07 September 1993
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 November 1993 (1993 SL No. 384)
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1995 No. 23 pts 1, 4 s 17 sch 2
date of assent 11 April 1995
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 12 April 1996 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2))
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1995 No. 58 ss 1–2, 4 sch 1
date of assent 28 November 1995
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 12 April 1996 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2)) (see also 1995 No. 58 s 2 (1) sch 1)
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 No. 79 pts 1, 23
date of assent 12 December 1996
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 28 February 1997 (1997 SL No. 35)
Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 No. 28 ss 1–2, 295 sch 3
date of assent 22 May 1997
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 13 July 1997 (1997 SL No. 210)
Courts Reform Amendment Act 1997 No. 38 ss 1–2 pt 11
date of assent 18 July 1997
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 August 1997 (1997 SL No. 235)
Civil Justice Reform Act 1998 No. 20 ss 1, 2(3), 27 sch 2
date of assent 01 May 1998
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 1999 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2)) (1999 SL No. 70 s 2 (3))
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No. 19 ss 1–3 sch
date of assent 30 April 1999
commenced on date of assent
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1999 No. 66 ss 1, 2(2) pt 5
date of assent 06 December 1999
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 March 2000 (2000 SL No. 15)
Property Law Amendment Act 1999 No. 89 pt 1 s 8 sch
date of assent 21 December 1999
commenced on date of assent
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000 No. 46 ss 1, 3 sch
date of assent 25 October 2000
commenced on date of assent
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000 No. 58 ss 1–2 sch
date of assent 17 November 2000
commenced on date of assent
Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001 No. 45 ss 1–2, 29 sch 3
date of assent 28 June 2001
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
sch 3 commenced 15 July 2001 (see s 2 (2) of Act 2001 No. 45 (Qld) and Corporations Act 2001 No. 50 (Cwlth) and proc pubd Cwlth of Australia gaz 13 July 2001, No. S285)
remaining provision commenced immediately before 15 July 2001 (see s 2 (1) of Act 2001 No. 45 (Qld) and Corporations Act 2001 No. 50 (Cwlth) and proc pubd Cwlth of Australia gaz 13 July 2001, No. S285)
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 No. 34 s 1, pt 11, s 36 sch 3
date of assent 16 August 2002
commenced on date of assent
Legal Profession Act 2003 No. 97 ss 1, 2(2), 380 sch 1
date of assent 03 December 2003
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions never proclaimed into force and rep 2004 No. 11 s 642
Legal Profession Act 2004 No. 11 ss 1, 2(2), 596 sch 1
date of assent 31 May 2004
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2004 (2004 SL No. 106)
Industrial Relations Act and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 23 ss 1–2(1), pt 6 (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below)
date of assent 28 May 2007
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
s 59 (in so far as it ins pt 5A div 2 sdiv 7) never proclaimed into force and om 2007 No. 55 s 54 sch 1
remaining provisions commenced 1 January 2008 (see s 2 (1))
Amending legislation
Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 No. 55 ss 1–2(1), 54 sch 1 (amends 2007 No. 23 above)
date of assent 09 November 2007
commenced on date of assent
Legal Profession Act 2007 No. 24 ss 1–2, 770 sch 1
date of assent 28 May 2007
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2007 (2007 SL No. 151)
Judicial Remuneration Act 2007 No. 55 ss 1–2(1), 54 sch 1
date of assent 09 November 2007
commenced on date of assent
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Act 2009 No. 24 ss 1–2, ch 9 pt 24
date of assent 26 June 2009
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 December 2009 (2009 SL No. 252)
Fair Work (Commonwealth Powers) and Other Provisions Act 2009 No. 49 ss 1–2, pt 3 div 9
date of assent 19 November 2009
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 10 December 2009 (2009 SL No. 289)
Note—AIA s 15DA does not apply (see s 2 (2)).
Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment Act 2010 No. 26 pts 1, 13
date of assent 13 August 2010
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
ss 98, 100–105 commenced 1 November 2010 (2010 SL No. 236)
remaining provisions commenced 1 September 2010 (2010 SL No. 236)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No. 42 s 1, pt 23, s 154 sch
date of assent 14 October 2010
commenced on date of assent
Civil Proceedings Act 2011 No. 45 ss 1–2, pt 26
date of assent 06 December 2011
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 September 2012 (2012 SL No. 146)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 35 ss 1, 2(c), pt 28
date of assent 29 August 2013
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 28 February 2015 (2014 SL No. 321)
Industrial Relations Act 2016 No. 63
date of assent 09 December 2016
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No. 15
date of assent 25 May 2020
pt 23 comm on date of assent
Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Wage Theft) Amendment Act 2020 No. 34
date of assent 14 September 2020
pt 4 comm 1 March 2021 (2020 SL No. 251 item 2)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 23
date of assent 20 September 2023
pt 20 comm on date of assent
Property Law Act 2023 No. 27
date of assent 02 November 2023
s 289 sch 3 comm 1 August 2025 (2024 SL No. 209) (proposed commencement 3 November 2025 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2) (2024 SL No. 149))
Table of renumbered provisions
under the Reprints Act 1992 s 43 as required by the Magistrates Courts Act 1921 s 17 [Reprint No. 2]
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