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Port Macquarie Court of Petty Sessions was created on 30 September 1832, under the provisions of s.17 of the Offenders Punishment and Justices Summary Jurisdiction Act of 1832 (3 Wil.IV No.3). (1)
The records of the Kew Court of Petty Sessions were transferred to the Port Macquarie Court of Petty Sessions on 27 September 1974, when the Kew Court of Petty Sessions was abolished. (2)
The Port Macquarie 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. (3)
Endnotes
1. NSW Government Gazette No.31, 3 October 1832, p.319.
2. NSW Government Gazette No.114, 20 September 1974, p.3636.
3. Local Courts Act 1982 (Act No. 164, 1982), s.9; NSW Government Gazette No.178, 21 December 1984, p.6296.
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