Supreme Court Amendment Rules (No. 3) 2019 (WA)

31 December 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4677

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Supreme Court Act 1935

Supreme Court Amendment Rules (No. 3) 2019

Made by the judges of the Supreme Court.

I.   Citation

These rules are the Supreme Court Amendment Rules

(No. 3) 2019.

2.   Commencement

These rules come into operation as follows —

(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 Rules of the Supreme Court 1971.

4. Order 1 amended

(1)	In Order 1 rule 4(1) delete the definition of EDS.
(2)	In Order 1 rule 4(1) insert in alphabetical order:

ECMS means the electronic case management system

for the management of proceedings in Western

Australian courts and tribunals;

5. Various references to "EDS" amended

In the provisions listed in the Table delete "EDS" (each occurrence) and insert:

ECMS

Table

Order 1 r. 4(1) def. of	Order 1 r. 4(1) def. of file
authorised user	electronically
Order 1 r. 8(1) and (2)	Order 7 r. 3(5) and (6)
Order 36B r. 2(3A)	Order 43 r. 4(5)
Order 56 r. 18(2)	Order 57 r. 7(4)

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Order 67 r. 9(1A)	Order 67 r. 19(1)
Order 67A r. 3(1) and (2)	Order 67A r. 4(1), (5), (7), (9),
(10), (12), (14) and (15)
Order 67A r. 8(1), (2) and (3)	Order 67A r. 10(3) and (6)
Order 67B r. 6(6)	Order 67B r. 11(2)
Order 71A r. 3(5) and (6)	Order 72 r. 6(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
Order 1 r. 8	Documents given to authorised users or Court by means of ECMS
Order 67 r. 19	Principal Registrar may declare ECMS unavailable
Order 67A r. 3	Documents must be filed using ECMS
Order 67A r. 4	Documents presented for filing using ECMS or email

The Hon. Chief Justice PETER QUINLAN,
Chief Justice of Western Australia,

Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Date: 5 December 2019.