Rules of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1963. No. 77.

 

SUPREME COURT OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA.

Rule of Court under the Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961.*

WITNESSES’ EXPENSES.

I, ALAN BRUCE KEITH IAN BRIDGE, the Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by the Northern Territory Supreme Court Act1961, hereby make the following Rule of Court.

Dated this thirtieth day of May, 1963.

ALAN BRIDGE

Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia.

 

RULE OF COURT.

Witnesses’ expenses.

1.—(1.) Except where otherwise ordered, in all causes, matters or proceedings commenced or instituted after, or pending at the time when this Rule comes into operation, solicitors shall be entitled to charge and be allowed costs in respect of witnesses’ expenses at the rate, and subject to the conditions, made applicable by sub-rule (3.) of this rule.

(2.) Where, for the purpose of giving evidence or producing a document in criminal proceedings, a person attends the Supreme Court in pursuance of, or obedience to, any recognizance or subpoena or at the request of the prosecution, the sheriff shall pay to the person witness’s expenses at the rate, and subject to the conditions, made applicable by sub-rule (3.) of this rule.

(3.) The rate and the conditions that apply in relation to sub-rules (1.) and (2.) of this rule are the rate and the conditions that are, from time to time, prescribed in relation to witnesses’ expenses by the Justices of the High Court under section 86 of the Judiciary Act 1903-1960.

 

*Notified, in pursuance of section 55 of the Northern Territory Supreme Court Act 1961, in the Northern Territory Government Gazette on 12th June, 1963.

 

By Authority: A. J. ARTHUR, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

5415/63—PRICE 3D.