District Court Act 1973 District Court Amendment (Exhibits in Criminal Trials) Rule 2002 (2002-513) [GG No 119 of 19.7.2002, p 5463] (NSW)

2002 No 513

New South Wales

District Court Amendment (Exhibits in

Criminal Trials) Rule 2002

under the

District Court Act 1973

The District Court Rule Committee made the following rule of court under the

District Court Act 1973 on 27 June 2002.

A R Grew

Acting Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note
The object of this Rule is to amend Part 53 of the District Court Rules 1973:

(a)	to require a party to criminal proceedings who seeks to tender a bundle of documents at the same time to number each document in the bundle and provide a schedule listing the numbered documents in the bundle, and
(b)	to ensure that the Court retains exhibits in criminal proceedings for a period of 90 days (instead of the current period of 60 days) after sentence is passed or deferred or a final order is made.
Published in Gazette No 119 of 19 July 2002, page 5463	Page 1
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Clause 1	District Court Amendment (Exhibits in Criminal Trials) Rule 2002

District Court Amendment (Exhibits in Criminal Trials)

Rule 2002

under the

District Court Act 1973

1      Name of Rule

This is the District Court Amendment (Exhibits in Criminal Trials)
Rule 2002.

2 Amendment of District Court Rules 1973

The District Court Rules 1973 are amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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District Court Amendment (Exhibits in Criminal Trials) Rule 2002

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Part 53, rule 8A

Insert after rule 8:

8A Tendering bundles of documents

If a party to proceedings seeks to tender more than one document to the Court at the same time (a bundle of documents), the party must:

(a)	number each document in the bundle of documents with a consecutive whole number commencing with “1”, and
(b)	prepare a schedule for the bundle of documents that provides a brief description of each document in the bundle next to the number for the document allocated as provided by paragraph (a), and
(c)	provide a copy of the schedule and the bundle of documents both to the Court and to each other party to the proceedings.

[2]      Part 53, rule 9

Omit “60 days” from rule 9 (1) (b). Insert instead “90 days”.

BY AUTHORITY

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