Supreme Court Forms Amendment Rules 2017 (TAS)

Supreme Court Forms Amendment Rules 2017

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 Forms Amendment Rules 2017 . 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 Forms Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules. 4Schedule 1 amended (Forms) Schedule 1 to the Principal Rules is amended as follows: (a) by omitting the following item

Form 6A Notice to defendant served outside Australia

from Part 1 ; (b) by omitting

Form 37	Subpoena
Form 37A	Notice and declaration

from Part 1 and substituting the following items:

Form 37	Subpoena to give evidence
Form 38	Subpoena to produce documents or things
Form 39	Subpoena to give evidence and produce documents or things

(c) by inserting in Part 1 after

Form 83B Summary of document to be served

the following item:

Form 83C Notice to defendant served outside of Australia

(d) by omitting Form 6A from Part 2 ; (e) by omitting Forms 37 and 37A from Part 2 and substituting the following forms: Form 37 Form 38 Form 39 (f) by inserting the following form after Form 83B in Part 2 : Form 83C

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 20 December 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

(a) subpoenas; and (b) service outside of Australia.