Agency:
Beaconsfield Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1884
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Beaconsfield. The local magistrate or Justice also presided over meetings of the Licensing 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
Legislation Administered:
Local Courts Act 1896, Justices Act 1959, Sale of Liquor Act 1826 (as amended).
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:
LC33 Registrar's Record of Actions for the Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Mar 1879 | 16 Jun 1966 |
LC44 Forms of Legal Documents used in Various Courts. | 01 Jan 1884 |
LC38 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 01 Jul 1884 | 12 Jul 1979 |
LC39 Minutes of Meetings of Justices for Various Purposes. | 01 Jan 1885 | 31 Dec 1946 |
LC36 Registrar's Ledger. | 01 Jan 1892 | 31 Oct 1979 |
LC37 Registrar's Pass Book with the National Bank of Tasmania. | 01 Sep 1895 | 30 Sep 1901 |
LC40 Applications for Public House Licences. | 01 Oct 1895 | 31 Jul 1896 |
AD861 Registrar's Record of the Execution of Warrants | 01 Dec 1898 | 30 Jun 1966 |
LC24 Applications to Justices for Various Licences. | 01 Jan 1899 | 31 Dec 1901 |
LC34 Register of the Service of Summonses issued by the Courts of Request and General Sessions. | 01 Nov 1902 | 30 Sep 1966 |
LC41 Butts of Certificates of Transfer of Licensed Premises. | 01 Feb 1905 | 30 Jun 1932 |
LC42 Butts of Notices Served on Licensees to Fulfil Certain Requirements of the Licensing Act, 1902. | 01 Nov 1905 | 30 Sep 1906 |
AD860 Register of Fees and Fines | 01 Apr 1908 | 30 Apr 1980 |
LC32 Letterbooks of the Registrar of the Court of Requests and Clerk of Petty Sessions. | 01 Apr 1908 | 31 May 1925 |
LC35 Register of Fees Payable in the Courts of Request and General Sessions. | 01 May 1908 | 31 Dec 1979 |
LC43 Butts of Hotel Licences issued. | 01 Dec 1909 | 31 Dec 1932 |
AD862 Register of the Issue of Judgement Summonses | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1979 |
AD863 Register of the Issue of Summonses to Show Cause | 01 Jan 1914 | 31 Dec 1950 |
AB427 Record of Meetings of Licensing Court. | 01 Dec 1917 | 31 Dec 1931 |
AE202 Register of Cases Heard in the Court of Petty Sessions | 01 Jan 1969 | 31 Dec 1979 |
AD864 Record of Proceedings in the Court of Requests | 01 Jun 1971 | 18 Oct 1979 |