This regulation may be cited as the Evidence (Intermediaries) Amendment Regulation 2021.
This regulation commences on 5 July 2021.
This regulation amends the Evidence Regulation 2017.
After section 2—
insert—2APrescribed places for relevant proceedings—Act, s 21AZJ
(1)This section prescribes the places for section 21AZJ(1)(b) of the Act.(2)For the Supreme Court, the places are—(a)Brisbane; and(b)Cairns.(3)For the District Court, the places are—(a)Brisbane; and(b)Cairns.(4)For a Magistrates Court, the places are each of the places appointed under the Justices Act 1886, section 22B for holding Magistrates Courts within—(a)a division of the Brisbane Magistrates Courts District; or(b)any of the following Magistrates Courts districts—(i)Caboolture Magistrates Courts District;(ii)Cairns Magistrates Courts District;(iii)Cleveland Magistrates Courts District;(iv)Cooktown Magistrates Courts District;(v)Redcliffe Magistrates Courts District;(vi)Thursday Island Magistrates Courts District.(5)For the Childrens Court, the places are—(a)if the court is constituted under the Childrens Court Act 1992, section 5(2)—(i)each of the places prescribed under subsection (3) for the District Court; and(ii)each of the places appointed under the Justices Act 1886, section 22B for holding Magistrates Courts within—(A)a division of the Brisbane Magistrates Courts District; or(B)the Cairns Magistrates Courts District; or(b)if the court is constituted under the Childrens Court Act 1992, section 5(3)—each of the places prescribed under paragraph (a)(ii).(6)For this section, a reference to a Magistrates Courts district by name is a reference to the Magistrates Courts district of that name under the Justices Act 1886.