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Lang's Crossing Place (on the Murrumbidgee) Court of Petty Sessions was created on 12 April 1859 under the provisions of s.17 of the Offenders Punishment and Justices Summary Jurisdiction Act of 1832 (3 Wil.IV No.3). (1)
Lang's Crossing Place came to be known as Hay.
The records of the Booligal Court of Petty Sessions were transferred to the Hay Court of Petty Sessions on 1 May 1941, when the Booligal Court of Petty Sessions was abolished. (2)
The records of the Carrathool Court of Petty Sessions were transferred to the Hay Court of Petty Sessions on 31 July 1974, when the Carrathool Court of Petty sessions was abolished. (3)
The Hay Court of Petty Sessions was abolished on 31 December 1984, when the Local Courts Act 1982 abolished all Courts of Petty Sessions and replaced these with Local Courts. (4)
Endnotes
1. NSW Government Gazette No.61, 12 April 1859, p.804
2. NSW Government Gazette No.53, 2 May 1941, p.1693.
3. NSW Government Gazette No.81, 5 July 1974, p.2683.
4. Local Courts Act 1982 (Act No.164, 1982), s.9; NSW Government Gazette No.178, 21 December 1984, p.6296.
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