Supreme Court Amendment Rule (No. 1) 1996 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1996 No. 97 Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 SUPREME COURT AMENDMENT RULE (No. 1) 1996 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Rules amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of o 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7. Dispensing with rules of evidence 56 Court may dispense with rules of evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s3 Supreme Court Amendment (No. 1) No. 97, 1996 ˙ Short title 1. This rule may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment Rule (No. 1) 1996 . ˙ Rules amended 2. This rule amends the Rules of the Supreme Court . ˙ Amendment of o 40 3. Order 40, after rule 55— insert— ‘ 7. Dispensing with rules of evidence ˙ ‘ Court may dispense with rules of evidence ‘ 56.(1) The court may, at any time during a proceeding, dispense with the rules of evidence relating to the proof of a fact if the court considers that strict proof of the fact might cause unnecessary or unreasonable expense, delay or inconvenience in the proceeding or that the fact is not seriously in dispute. ‘ (2) Without limiting subrule (1), the court may dispense with the rules about proof of handwriting, documents, authority or identity. ‘ (3) This rule applies regardless of the importance of the fact sought to be proved.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 16 May 1996. 2. Notified in the gazette on 17 May 1996. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Justice. © State of Queensland 1996