District Court Amendment Rules 2022 (WA)

3686 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 24 June 2022

JU302

District Court of Western Australia Act 1969

District Court Amendment Rules 2022

SL 2022/108

Made by the judges of the District Court.

1.             Citation

These rules are the District Court Amendment Rules 2022.

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 on which the Legal

Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022 section 6 comes into operation.

3.             Rules amended

These rules amend the District Court Rules 2005.

4.             Rule 3 amended

(1)	In rule 3 delete the definition of lawyer.
(2)	In rule 3 in the definition of legally qualified registrar delete
“an Australian lawyer within the meaning of that term in the
Legal Profession Act 2008 section 3;” and insert:
a lawyer;

5.             Rule 59 amended

In rule 59(2) delete “Legal Profession Act 2008 section 280.”

and insert:

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2022

section 141.

24 June 2022 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3687

6.             Various references to “lawyer” amended

In the provisions listed in the Table:

(a) delete “lawyer” (each occurrence) and insert:

legal practitioner

(b) delete “lawyer” (each occurrence) and insert:

legal practitioner

(c) delete “lawyers” (each occurrence) and insert:

legal practitioners

(d) delete “lawyers” and insert:

legal practitioners

(e) delete “lawyer’s” and insert:

legal practitioner’s

Table

r. 20(1A) and (1B)	r. 21A Table it. 2
r. 24(2)(n) and (o)	r. 34(1)
r. 36(1) and (2)	r. 38B(3)
r. 40(6)(a)	r. 41(3)(a)
r. 43(2), (3) and (3a)	r. 48A(3)
r. 48B(1) and (2)	r. 51(2)
r. 58A(2)(a)	r. 71(1A)(b)
r. 72(2)(b)	Sch. 1 Forms 1AA, 1B, 1C, 1, 3
and 4 to 11

Note: The heading to amended rule 36 is to read:

Legal practitioner to notify client of legal costs

Date: 22 June 2022.
Her Honour Judge JULIE ANNE WAGER,
Chief Judge of the District Court,
District Court of Western Australia.