District Court Amendment (Abridgement of Time) Rule 2003 (NSW)

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New South Wales

District Court Amendment

(Abridgement of Time) Rule 2003

under the

District Court Act 1973
The District Court Rule Committee made the following rule of court under the

District Court Act 1973 on 2 December 2003.

A Liounis

Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note

The object of this Rule is to amend the District Court Rules 1973 to limit the period within which periods for serving, filing or amending any pleading or other document may be amended by consent to not less than 28 days prior to the first date scheduled for a status conference.

Published in Gazette No 197 of 19 December 2003, page 11397	Page 1
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Clause 1	District Court Amendment (Abridgement of Time) Rule 2003

District Court Amendment (Abridgement of Time) Rule

2003

under the

District Court Act 1973

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the District Court Amendment (Abridgement of Time)
Rule 2003.

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 (Abridgement of Time) Rule 2003

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Part 3, rule 2 Extension and abridgement

Omit rule 2 (3). Insert instead:

(3) The period within which a person is required by the rules or by any order to serve, file or amend any pleading or other document may be extended by consent, without an order for extension, not less than 28 days prior to the date first scheduled for a status conference.

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