Section 14, LOCAL COURTS AСT, 1963

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 13 a Local Court shall have jurisdiction to do all lawful acts necessary to hear and determine all civil and criminal matters arising within the local limits of its authority or transferred to it by the Judicial Adviser under the provisions of subsection (2). A 148 No. 20 Local Courts 1963 (2) The Judicial Adviser or a District Appeal Court may of their own motion or on the application of a Local Court or any party to the proceedings for reasonable cause transfer any proceedings initiated before a Local Court to another Local Court, a Magistrate's Court or the District Appeal Court as shall in all the circumstances appear most expedient and any proceedings so transferred shall be commenced de novo. (3) Notice of any application made by a party under subsection (2) shall be given at the office of the Local Court before which the proceedings have been commenced. [Margin: Representation.]