Supreme Court (Amendment No 433) Rule 2020 (NSW)

New South Wales

Supreme Court (Amendment No 433) Rule

2020

under the

Supreme Court Act 1970

The Supreme Court Rule Committee has made the following rule of court under the Supreme

Court Act 1970.

Rebel Kenna

Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note

The object of this Rule is to amend the Supreme Court Rules 1970 for the following purposes—

(a)	to permit an applicant to file a bail application by email, in person and by post,
(b)	to clarify that only an applicant who is in custody may file a bail application by fax,
(c)	to correct the email address that an application made to the Supreme Court under the Service and

Execution of Process Act 1992 of the Commonwealth must be sent to.

Supreme Court (Amendment No 433) Rule 2020 [NSW]

Supreme Court (Amendment No 433) Rule 2020

under the

Supreme Court Act 1970

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the Supreme Court (Amendment No 433) Rule 2020.

2      Commencement

This Rule commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Supreme Court Rules 1970

(1) Part 1, rule 9C

Omit rule 9C. Insert instead—

9C Filing bail applications

A bail application, within the meaning of the Bail Act 2013, is sufficiently filed if a copy of the application has been filed in the Sydney registry by any of the following means—

(a)	email,
(b)	in person,
(c)	post,
(d)	in the case of an applicant who is in custody—fax.

(2)	Part 71A Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Commonwealth)
Omit “[email protected]” from rule 8(b).
Insert instead “[email protected]”.