Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2018 (TAS)

Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2018

We, the Honourable Alan Michael Blow, OAM, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Helen Marie Wood, the Honourable Stephen Peter Estcourt, the Honourable Robert William Pearce, the Honourable Michael Joseph Brett and the Honourable Gregory Peter Geason, Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, on the recommendation of the Rule Committee, make the following Rules of Court under the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 .

1Short titleThese Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2018 . 2CommencementThese Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RulesIn these Rules of Court, the Supreme Court Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules. 4Schedule 1 amended (Fees and costs) Schedule 1 to the Principal Rules is amended as follows: (a) by omitting " Schedule 2 " from column 2 of item 2 in Part 3 and substituting "the Supreme Court (Fees) Rules 2017"; (b) by omitting

In addition to the above fee, the practitioner may claim the Court fees set out in Schedule 2 , and the fee, if any, prescribed under section 5(1) of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1968

from Part 5 and substituting the following item:

In addition to the above fee, the practitioner may claim the Court fees set out in the Supreme Court (Fees) Rules 2017, and the fee, if any, prescribed under section 5(1) of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1968

A. M. BLOW

Chief Justice

H. M. WOOD

Puisne Judge

S. P. ESTCOURT

Puisne Judge

R. W. PEARCE

Puisne Judge

M. J. BRETT

Puisne Judge

G. P. GEASON

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

J. A. CONNOLLY

Registrar

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 21 February 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule) These Rules of Court amend the