Criminal Procedure Amendment Rules 2018 (WA)

1. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 16 November 2018

   JUSTICE

   JU301

   Criminal Procedure Act 2004

   Criminal Procedure Amendment Rules 2018

These rules amend the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005.

Made by the judges of the Supreme Court.

1.   Citation

These rules are the Criminal Procedure Amendment Rules 2018.

2.   Commencement

These rules come into operation as follows —

(a)	rules 1 and 2 — on the day on which these rules are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the rules — on the day after that day.

3. Rules amended

16 November 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4525

4.            Rule 50 amended

Delete rule 50(2) and insert:

(2) A registrar may release an exhibit to a person if—

(a)	the release is in accordance with section 170 of the Act; and
(b)	the person is -

(i)      the party who tendered the exhibit; or a person who the registrar considers is entitled to the exhibit.

(3) A court may direct that an exhibit not be released to a
person.

The Hon. Chief Justice PETER QUINLAN,
Chief Justice of Western Australia,

Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Date: 8 November 2018.