− by amending the Labour and Social Courts Act introduce also the institution of a settlement hearing,

− amendments to the Labour and Social Courts Act and implementation of the adopted amendments to the Execution of Judgments in Civil Matters and Insurance of Claims Act,

On the day the present Act comes into force, the provisions of Articles 66 in 67, Articles 72 to 77, the fourth paragraph of Article 78 and Articles 100 and 101 of the Marriage and Family Relations Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, nos. 15/76, 1/89, 14/89); of Articles 38 and 39 of the Courts of Self-Management Act (Official Gazette of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, nos. 10/77, 23/81, 4/82); and of clauses 1 and 2/II of Article 99 and clauses 1, 2, 3/II of Article 101 of the Courts Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, nos. 19/94, 45/95) shall cease to be valid.

The present Act defines the cases the court shall sit in a panel.

The court shall not permit the parties to perform any dispositive act

the court is not composed in accordance with the provisions of this Act;

If an individual act requires to be carried out outside the territory of the court conducting the misdemeanour proceedings, this court may entrust the execution of such an act with another court.

The Office of the Prosecutor shall act independently as a separate organ of the Court.

The parties shall perform the acts of procedure in the form prescribed by the present Act. If no particular form is prescribed for a certain act, such act shall be made in writing if out of court, and orally if in court.

When the case reaches the high court, the presiding judge shall act in pursuance of the decisions of Article 346 of the present Act.

The Council shall act after consulting the European Parliament and the Court of Auditors.

if the requested court cannot determine which court or which government body is to perform the requested act, it shall return the request.

(2) The Supreme Court shall, with a ruling, annul the ruling of the court of first instance and remove the administrative act if, in the procedure before the court of first instance, the provision of Article 37 of this Act was violated.

The court shall deny legal aid to a foreign court if performance of the requested procedural act is contrary to laws of the Republic of Slovenia.

If a party files a pleading in a language which is not used officially by the court, the court shall act pursuant to Article 108 of the present Act governing the procedure with incomplete pleadings.

In the proceedings before a district court, any person of full legal capacity may act as an attorney.

District courts shall also have the jurisdiction over disputes, for which circuit courts have no jurisdiction according to this Act or any other statute.

Matters received by the Supreme Court by 30 June 1996 falling within the jurisdiction of the Administrative Court under the provisions of this Act but which have not been decided by the time this Act enters into force shall be taken over by the Administrative Court on the day this Act enters into force.

(1) If, during the court procedure, the body issues another administrative act that modifies or removes the contested administrative act or if, in the case of silence, it issues the act later on, it must notify the court in which the dispute was initiated.

During the suspension of the proceedings are suspended, the court may not perform any act of procedure.

(1) If, during the court procedure, the body issues another administrative act which modifies or removes the contested administrative act or if, in the case of silence, it issues the act later on, it must notify the court in which the dispute was initiated.

(1) The payment of costs incurred by a higher court shall be decided upon by that court in accordance with the provisions of Articles 143 to 146 of this Act.

(2) In cases from the second paragraph of Article 30 of this Act, the court shall be bound by the claim.

If an appeal is not permitted, the court shall act in accordance with the second paragraph of this Article.

Unless otherwise determined by this Act, ordinary court proceedings shall be, mutatis mutandis, subject to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act governing:

For the entire duration of the procedure, the court shall have to be attentive ex officio to the act being void.

For the entire duration of the procedure, the court shall have to be attentive er officio to the act being void.

If they fail to act in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the court shall order all further process to be served upon them by affixing it on the court notice board.

If such a question is raised in a case pending before a court or tribunal of a Member State with regard to a person in custody, the Court shall act with the minimum of delay.

Where a Member State and an institution are challenging the same act, the General Court shall decline jurisdiction so that the Court of Justice may rule on those applications.

(2) The Supreme Court shall, with a ruling, annul the ruling of the court of first instance and remove the administrative act if, in the procedure before the court of first instance, the provision of Article 35 of this Law was violated.

If the action is well founded, the Court of Justice of the European Union shall declare the act concerned to be void.

Small claims procedures shall be conducted before a district court, unless otherwise provided for by the present Act.

(2) The cases which fall within the jurisdiction of courts specified in this Act as referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be adjudicated by the judges working at these courts.

If disqualification involves the president or the chief judge of the court, the latter shall appoint himself a substitute from among the judges of the same court or, if this is impossible, act in accordance with Article 66 of the present Act.

If a requested court lacks power to perform the act of procedure for the performance of which it has been requested, it shall refer the request to a competent court or other government body, and shall advise thereof the court sending the request;

The motion for reinstatement shall be filed with the court in which the missed act of procedure should have been performed.

The court may revoke the decree on the fine on the grounds stated in the fifth paragraph of Article 241 of the present Act.

(1) The Supreme Court shall, with a resolution, annul the ruling of the court of first instance and reject the lawsuit if, in the procedure before the court of first instance, the provision of the first paragraph of Article 36 of this Act was violated.

3, after the administrative act has been removed, the competent body issues a new administrative act, which is contrary to the legal opinion of the court or its positions on the procedure.

The Court may, however, if it considers that circumstances so require, order that application of the contested act be suspended.

By such decree the plaintiff shall be also warned on the legal consequences of failure to act in accordance with the court order.

(1) The court may impose the sanction of deportation from the Republic of Slovenia on an alien if the act caused a danger of a serious consequence or if the act resulted in a harmful consequence.

The court shall act pursuant to the provision of the third paragraph of the present Article also when the amended action should be heard by the same court sitting in a different composition (Article 20).

The court shall act in the same manner if the defendant who has not objected to the amendment requests time to prepare for the hearing.

Matters under the previous points 2, 3 and 5 of the first paragraph of Article 10 of the Administrative Disputes Act that have not been decided by the time this Act enters into force shall be taken over by the Administrative Court on the day this Act enters into force.

Provisions of the second paragraph of Article 174 of the present Act shall also apply to the proceedings with a request by foreign court.

(2) If the court establishes that the administrative act is void, it shall make the decision ' without sending the lawsuit for an answer.

If the President of the Court is unable to act or is a national of one of the parties to the dispute, the appointment shall be made by the Vice-President of the Court or by the most senior judge to the Court who is available and is not a national of one of the parties to the dispute.

(5) Within six months of entry into force of this Act, the Judicial Council shall coordinate the systemisation of judiciary posts between individual courts, and upon commencement of work by courts in the area of misdemeanour cases it shall assign the judges referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article to the appropriate job titles an positions pursuant to this Act and the act governing courts and the judicial service.