District Court Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2016 (WA)

21 June 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2201

JUSTICE

JU301*

District Court of Western Australia Act 1969

District Court Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2016

Made by the Judges of the District Court.

1.            Citation

These rules are the District Court Amendment Rules
(No. 2) 2016.

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 after that day.

3.            Rules amended

These rules amend the District Court Rules 2005.

4.            Rule 7 amended

other officer of the Court.

(I) In rule 7 delete "If" and insert:

(1) If

(2) At the end of rule 7 insert:

(2) If the Court issues a document in an electronic form
that bears either a typed signature or a facsimile
signature of a District Court judge, registrar or other
officer of the Court, the document as it appears
electronically, or as it appears when printed on paper,
is to be taken to have the same effect as if the signature
had been lawfully applied to it by the judge, registrar or

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Note: The heading to amended rule 7 is to read:

Electronic transmission of signatures and Court's seal

Dated 14 June 2016.

KEVIN FREDERICK SLEIGHT, Chief Judge of the District Court,

District Court of Western Australia.