Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2019 (WA)

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Magistrates Court Act 2004

Magistrates Court (General) Amendment Rules

(No. 2) 2019

Made by the Magistrates Court.

1.   Citation

These rules are the Magistrates Court (General) Amendment

Rules (No. 2) 2019.

2.   Commencement

These rules come into operation as follows —

Australian courts and tribunals;
(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 Magistrates Court (General) Rules 2005.

4. Rule 3 amended

(1)	In rule 3 delete the definition of courts electronic system.
(2)	In rule 3 insert in alphabetical order:

ECMS means the electronic case management system

for the management of proceedings in Western

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5.            Various references to "courts electronic system" amended

In the provisions listed in the Table delete "courts electronic system" (each occurrence) and insert:

ECMS

Table

r. 3 def. of approved user	r. 13A(1), (3) and (7)
r. 13B(1)	r. 15A(1) and (2)
r. 45(1), (2) and (3)	r. 46B(1)

Note: The headings to the amended rules listed in the Table are to read as

set out in the Table.

Table

Amended rule Rule heading

r. 13A	Lodging documents by means of ECMS
r. 13B	Making documents available to court by means of ECMS
r. 15A	Documents issued by court by means of ECMS

STEVEN HEATH, Chief Magistrate,

Magistrates Court of Western Australia.

Date: 11 November 2019.