Local Court Amendment Rules 2002 (WA)

17 December 2002 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5921

JUSTICE

JU301*

Local Courts Act 1904

Local Court Amendment Rules 2002

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in
Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These rules may be cited as the Local Court Amendment
Rules 2002.

2.             Commencement

These rules come into operation on the day after the last day of the specified period, which is the period of one month after the day on which these rules are published in the Gazette.

3.             The rules amended

The amendments in these rules are to the Local Court Rules 1961*.

[* Reprinted 13 October 2000.

For amendments to 23 July 2002 see 2000 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 200-3, and

Gazette 10 July and 19 October 2001.]

4.	Order 2 rule 5A inserted After Order 2 rule 5, the following rule is inserted —
“

5A.	Clerk to provide searchable information to approved recipients
(1)	In this rule — “approved recipient” means a person who is

approved in writing by the Attorney General as a
person entitled to receive information from the

court;

“searchable information”, in relation to an action or

matter in the court, means —

(a)	the names and addresses of the parties and the amount and nature of the claim;
(b)	the amount of any judgment entered; and

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(c) whether the action or matter has been discontinued.

(2)	Except as provided in subrule (4), the clerk shall on each working day provide an approved recipient with such searchable information that has not already been provided to the recipient in relation to each action or matter in the court.
(3)	An approved recipient to whom information has been provided under subrule (1) is liable to a fee in the amount prescribed in Appendix Part II Table of court fees item 8(aa) for each action or matter specified in the information.
(4)	If suitable facilities exist at the court to enable searchable information to be provided by email, then the information shall not be provided except by email to an approved recipient who has paid the annual fee prescribed in Appendix Part II Table of court fees item 8(ab).

”.

5. Appendix amended
Appendix Part II Table of court fees is amended as follows:

(a)	in item 8(a) by deleting “(but where search made by recognised reporting service …. $1.00)”;
(b)	after item 8(a) by inserting —

“

(aa)	Fee per action or matter
specified in information under
Order 2 rule 5A(3) $1.00
(ab)	Annual fee for information
provided by email under
Order 2 rule 5A(4) $30 000.00

”.

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and

deputy of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.