Agency:
Circular Head Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Sep 1849
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Circular Head. The local magistrate/Justices also presided over hearings in the Childrens and Local Exemptions Court.~;;;;By 1989 with the establishment of the Magistrates Court of Tasmania, there were only four local courts remaining, Burnie, Devonport, Launceston & Hobart. Some rural areas were serviced by the Local Court on Circuit from one of these four courts.
Information Sources:
Website Department of Justice 2006;;Records Section Department of Justice 2006
Functions Performed:
Justice and legal administration
Controlling Agencies:
Magistracy and Lower Courts Administration Branch (TA1032) | 01 Jan 1860 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Series Created By Agency:
LC89 Minutes of Meetings of Justices for Various Purposes. | 01 Sep 1849 | 31 Dec 1908 |
LC93 Index to Ledger (unknown). | 01 Sep 1849 |
LC96 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 01 Jan 1861 | 30 Jun 1980 |
LC92 Registrar's Ledger. | 01 Mar 1880 | 31 Mar 1908 |
LC85 Registrar's Record of Actions for Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Jan 1893 | 31 Dec 1904 |
LC20 Miscellaneous Correspondence and associated Papers on Licensing Matters. | 01 Jan 1903 | 31 Dec 1912 |
LC91 Register of the Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Jun 1906 | 31 Jul 1963 |
LC97 Register of Fees and Fines Levied in Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Mar 1908 | 30 Apr 1951 |
LC94 Register of Fees Payable in Court of Requests. | 01 Apr 1908 | 30 Jun 1959 |
LC283 Register of Applications for Exemptions Heard by the Local Exemption Court. | 02 Nov 1916 | 02 Nov 1916 |
LC95 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Aug 1924 | 30 Apr 1949 |
LC90 Register of the Service of Bailiff's Summonses. | 01 Dec 1939 | 31 Jul 1962 |
LC624 Register of Cases Heard in Children's Court. | 01 Jan 1976 | 30 Jun 1980 |