Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1995

No. 405 1

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Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia:

• (a) 

  acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council; and

• (b)

  requests in writing having been made by the Governor of New South Wales and by the deputy of the Governor of Western Australia, performing and exercising all the powers and functions of the Governor of that State, that certain courts of each State be specified for the purposes of subsection 22 (1) and paragraph 36 (2) (b) of the Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994;

   make the following Regulations under that Act.

Dated 12 December 1995.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

d. kerr

Minister for Justice

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 7 (Courts that are authorised to receive a document or thing required by subpoena to be produced)

2.1   Add at the end:

 “(2) If, in relation to such a court, registry locations of that court are specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1, section 22 of the Act only applies in relation to the specified locations of that court’s registry.”.

3.   Schedule 1

3.1   Part 1:

Add at the end:

“3	New South Wales	Supreme Court Industrial Court District Court Compensation Court Local Courts
4	Queensland	Supreme Court Industrial Court District Courts Planning and Environment Court
5	Western Australia	Supreme Court District Court Local Courts”.

3.2   Part 2:

Add at the end:

“2	New South Wales	Supreme Court
3	Western Australia	Supreme Court District Court (only in relation to the following registry locations— Albany, Broome, Bunbury, Carnarvon, Derby, Esperance, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Kununurra and Port Hedland)”.

3.3   Part 3:

Add at the end:

“3	New South Wales	Supreme Court Industrial Court District Court Compensation Court Local Courts
4	Queensland	Supreme Court Industrial Court District Courts Planning and Environment Court
5	Western Australia	Supreme Court Family Court District Court Local Courts”.

3.4   Part 4

Add at the end:

“2	New South Wales	Supreme Court
3	Western Australia	Supreme Court District Court”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1995 No. 22.