Criminal Rules 2006 (TAS)

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Criminal Rules 2006

We, the Honourable Peter George Underwood, Officer of the Order of Australia, Chief Justice, the Honourable Ewan Charles Crawford, the Honourable Pierre William Slicer, the Honourable Peter Ethrington Evans, the Honourable Alan Michael Blow, OAM, and the Honourable Shan Tennent, Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, make the following Rules of Court under the Criminal Code Act 1924 .

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThese Rules of Court may be cited as the Criminal Rules 2006. 2CommencementThese Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3InterpretationIn these Rules of Court, unless the contrary intention appears – appeal includes an application for leave to appeal; Code means the Criminal Code; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] committal order means an order committing a defendant to the Court under section 60 of the Justices Act 1959; Court means the Supreme Court; court of trial means the court – (a) before which an accused person is tried upon an indictment; or (b) which passes sentence upon a plea of guilty; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] Crown Counsel means a legal practitioner employed in, or instructed by, the Office of the Director; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] Director means – (a) the person who is, or who is acting in the office of, the Director of Public Prosecutions pursuant to the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1973; or (b) the person who is, or who is acting in the office of, the Director of Public Prosecutions pursuant to the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 of the Commonwealth; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] file means file in the registry; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 155, Applied:31 Dec 2008] law practice has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act 2007; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 155, Applied:31 Dec 2008] legal practitioner means an Australian legal practitioner; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 155, Applied:31 Dec 2008] legal representative means any legal practitioner or law practice whose name is recorded in the registry under rule 3C as the legal representative of a defendant; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] preliminary proceedings order means an order of the Court under section 331B of the Code; recording apparatus means any electronic, electrical or mechanical device capable of recording sounds or pictures which can be stored and later recalled; Registrar means the Registrar of the Supreme Court; [Rule 3 Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] registry means the registry of the Court; victim means – (a) a victim…

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