Budget 2003 -- Government of British Columbia.
   

Objectives, Strategies, Measures and Targets for Core Business Areas Continued

Judiciary

This core business area supports the following ministry goals:

  • Laws and justice services are administered fairly, equitably, and efficiently to all British Columbians, while individual rights and judicial independence are protected
  • Citizens and communities of British Columbia receive protection from crime and its social and economic consequences
Objective: Support continued operation of the independent judiciary1

Strategies:

  • Support the Provincial Court’s criminal case flow management process and rules, and any initiatives aimed at improving case flow management and trial scheduling
  • Support the Provincial Court’s justice centre
  • Support the independent Judicial Compensation Committee process
  • Support the independent Judicial Justice of the Peace Compensation Committee process
  • Support the Supreme Court’s reforms for expedited case processing and electronic justice services

 

Performance Measures: 2001/02
Base Data
2002/03
Estimates
2003/04
Target
2004/05
Target
2005/06
Target
Output Measures2
Provincial Court sitting hours 120,900 115,700 114,700 114,700 114,700
Supreme Court sitting hours 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000
Court of Appeal sitting hours 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700
 
1   There are currently 145 Provincial Court Judges, 100 Supreme Court Justices, 14 Masters and 20 Court of Appeal Justices in B.C.
2   The ministry supports the judiciary primarily through providing registry operations, court administration, prisoner escort and court security. The figures shown are projections that indicate the ministry’s expectation of support to the judiciary in terms of staffed court hours provided, rather than performance targets. Actual court hours will depend upon the volumes and characteristics of incoming cases. Sitting hours include only judges’ time spent in hearings or trials, not pre- and post-court activities.

 

Expenditures for Core Business Area:
(With the exception of FTEs, all figures are expressed in thousands of dollars)
2002/03
Restated
Estimates
2003/04
Estimates
2004/05
Plan
2005/06
Plan
JUDICIARY1        
Operating Expenditures ($000)
Operating expenditures 51,179 51,636 51,778 51,785
Capital Expenditures (CRF) ($000)
Capital expenditures (CRF) 591 581 262 322
Capital Expenditures (CCP) ($000)
Capital expenditures (CCP)        
FTEs
FTEs2 398 396 394 394
Financing Transactions ($000)
Financing Transactions 0 0 0 0
Receipts        
Disbursements        
Net Cash Source        
 
1   The federal government appoints and funds Justices of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Although the judiciary are independent from the Legislative and Executive arms of government, the provincial budget includes separate allocations for administrative and support services for all courts in B.C., as well as for Provincial Court operations.
2   FTEs funded by the province include Provincial Court Judges and Judicial Justices of the Peace, Provincial Court judicial administration staff, case managers, trial coordinators and support staff, and Supreme Court Masters.

 

 
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