DATA ELEMENTS AND DATA ELEMENT CONCEPTS
COURT LEVEL
IDENTIFYING AND DEFINITIONAL ATTRIBUTES
Metadata type:
DATA ELEMENT Version: 1
Definition:
Court Level indicates the level of the court in which a defendant's case is heard. Court levels can be distinguished from one another on the basis of the extent of their legal powers.
Context:
This data element provides a measure of the number and types of cases going through a particular jurisdictional level of court.
RELATIONAL AND REPRESENTATIONAL ATTRIBUTES
Datatype:
Numeric
Field size:
Min: 1 Max: 1
Representational form:
Code
Representational layout:
N
Data domain:
The Court Level classification represents the jurisdictional levels of courts within Australia. Codes are provided to assist with data entry and/or output purposes.
1 High Court
2 Federal Court
3 Courts of Appeal
4 Supreme Court
5 Intermediate Court (District Court, County Court)
6 Magistrates Court (Court of Summary Jurisdiction, Local Court, Court of Petty Sessions)
7 Children's/Youth Court
8 Other Court n.e.c. (Includes specialist courts, electronic courts, etc)
Guide for use:
If a defendant has a status of pending at the end of the reference period, the Court Level is coded to the initial court level.
If a defendant has a status of finalised, the Court Level is coded to the court level at finalisation.
Verification rules:
Court Level is applicable to all defendants.
Collection methods:
None
Related metadata:
Is used to derive the data element:
ADMINISTRATIVE ATTRIBUTES
Source document:
1. Higher Criminal Courts Collection Manual
2. Magistrates' Criminal Courts Collection Manual
3. Criminal Courts, Australia (cat. no. 4513.0)
4. 2004 Data Collection Manual
5. Report on Government Services, 2004
Source organisation:
1. Australian Bureau of Statistics
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics
4. Court Administration Working Group
5. Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
History:
Commenced 2005
Comments:
None
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