Courts Legislation (Civil Procedure) Amendment Act 1991 Proclamation re commencement (1992-250) [GG No 62 of 22.5.1992] (NSW)

1992—No. 250

COURTS LEGISLATION (CIVIL PROCEDURE) AMENDMENT

ACT 1991 No. 12—PROCLAMATION

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 62 of 22 May 1992]

(L.S.) P. R. SINCLAIR, Governor.

I, Rear Admiral PETER ROSS SINCLAIR, Governor of the State of New
South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance

of section 2 of the Courts Legislation (Civil Procedure) Amendment Act

1991, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 July 1993 as the day on which Schedule 2 (1) and (2) to that Act, and section 3 in its application to those provisions, commence.

Signed and Sealed at Sydney, this 20th day of May, 1992.

By His Excellency’s Command,

TERRY GRIFFITHS

Minister for Justice

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

1992—No. 250

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to commence, on 1 July 1993, certain

provisions of the Courts Legislation (Civil Procedure) Amendment Act 1991 which
amend the District Court Act 1973.

The amendments raise the limits on the District Court’s jurisdiction in common law proceedings (from $100,000 to $250,000) and in proceedings to recover the unliquidated balance of a partnership account, or the amount of the distributive share under an intestacy or of a legacy under a will (from $10,000 to $20,000).