District Court Amendment (Solicitors' Signatures) Rule 2003 (NSW)

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New South Wales

District Court Amendment (Solicitors’

Signatures) 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 make it clear that only a partner of a solicitor who is a solicitor may sign on behalf of a solicitor in any proceedings.

Published in Gazette No 197 of 19 December 2003, page 11426	Page 1
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Clause 1	District Court Amendment (Solicitors’ Signatures) Rule 2003

District Court Amendment (Solicitors’ Signatures)

Rule 2003

under the

District Court Act 1973

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the District Court Amendment (Solicitors’ Signatures)
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 (Solicitors’ Signatures) Rule 2003

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Part 47, rule 5 Signature for solicitor

Omit “partner” from rule 5 (1) (a). Insert instead “solicitor partner”.

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