Court Procedures Amendment Rules 2006 (No 1) (ACT)

Court Procedures Amendment Rules 2006 (No 1)

Subordinate Law SL2006-43

We, members of the rule-making committee, make the following rules under the Court Procedures Act 2004, section 7.

Dated 9 August 2006.

T J HIGGINS	T Connolly
Chief Justice	Judge
K J CRISPIN	M SOMES
President of the Court of Appeal	Magistrate

Court Procedures Amendment Rules 2006 (No 1)

Subordinate Law SL2006-43

made under the

Court Procedures Act 2004

Contents

Page

1. Name of rules  1

2. Commencement  1

3. Legislation amended  1

4. Rule 3614  1

1. Name of rules

   These rules are the Court Procedures Amendment Rules 2006 (No 1).

2. Commencement

   These rules commence on the day after their notification day.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Legislation amended

   These rules amend the Court Procedures Rules 2006.

4. Rule 3614

   substitute

5. Admission—oath or affirmation

   (1)A person must, before being admitted, take an oath or make an affirmation before the court.

   (2)An oath taken under this rule must be in the following form:

   I, (name), swear that I will well and honestly conduct myself in the practice of law as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory according to the best of my knowledge and ability.

   So help me God!

   (3)An affirmation made under this rule must be in the following form:

   I, (name), solemnly and sincerely affirm that I will well and honestly conduct myself in the practice of law as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory according to the best of my knowledge and ability.

6. Admission—entry on local roll

   After a person is admitted, the registrar must enter on the local roll—

   (a)the person’s name; and

   (b)the date of the person’s admission.

Endnotes

1. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 14 August 2006.

2. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see align="center">© Australian Capital Territory 2006