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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY SUPREME COURT ACT 1933 - SECT 8AD

Exercise by Court of powers of Master

  (1)   Where the jurisdiction of the Court is to be, or is being, exercised in a particular case by the Master:

  (a)   the Master may, on the Master ' s own motion or on the application of a party to the proceedings, refer the proceedings to the Court constituted by one Judge; and

  (b)   a Judge may, on the application of a party to the proceedings, at any time before the conclusion of the proceedings before the Master, order that the jurisdiction of the Court in the case be exercised by the Court constituted by one Judge.

  (2)   Where, under subsection   ( 1), proceedings are referred or removed to the Court constituted by one Judge, the Court may:

  (a)   give such directions as it considers appropriate as to the procedure to be followed in the further conduct of the proceedings, including, in a case where evidence was recorded before the referral or removal, directions as to the use (if any) to be made of the evidence; and

  (b)   remit the proceedings to the Master with such directions as the Court considers appropriate.



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