District Court Amendment (Notices to Admit Facts or Documents) Rule 2003 (NSW)

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New South Wales

District Court Amendment (Notices to Admit Facts or Documents) 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 6 March 2003.

A Liounis

Acting Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note

The object of this Rule is to amend Part 15 of the District Court Rules 1973 to provide that a notice to admit facts or the authenticity of documents must be served no later than 28 days before the hearing date of the proceedings concerned, except with the leave of the Court. Currently, Part 15 rule 7 provides that such notices may be served within 4 months after the day on which the proceedings are commenced or, if that period has expired, only with the leave of the Court.

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Clause 1	District Court Amendment (Notices to Admit Facts or Documents) Rule 2003

District Court Amendment (Notices to Admit Facts or

Documents) Rule 2003

under the

District Court Act 1973

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the District Court Amendment (Notices to Admit Facts or Documents) 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 (Notices to Admit Facts or Documents) Rule 2003

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Part 15 rule 7

Omit the rule. Insert instead:

7      Time for serving notices under this Part

A party must serve a notice referred to in rule 2 or 5 no later than 28 days before the date set down for the hearing of the proceedings, except with the leave of the Court.

BY AUTHORITY

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