Supreme Court Library Rules 1999 (Vic)

Version No. 002

Supreme Court Library Rules 1999

S.R. No. 118/1999

Version as at 18 April 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Rule  Page

1Object

2Authorising provisions

3Revocation

4Definition

5Supreme Court Library Committee

6Composition of committee

7Quorum

8Alternates

9Voting

10Secretary

11Rules

12Transitional

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ENDNOTES

1.  General Information

2.  Table of Amendments

3.  Explanatory Details

Version No. 002

Supreme Court Library Rules 1999

S.R. No. 118/1999

Version as at 18 April 2008

The Judges of the Supreme Court make the following Rules:

1Object

The object of these Rules is to make Rules with respect to the Supreme Court Library.

2Authorising provisions

These Rules are made under section 25 of the Supreme Court Act 1986 and all other enabling powers.

3Revocation

The Supreme Court Library Rules 1998[1] are revoked.

4Definition

In these Rules current practitioner has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Legal Practice Act 1996.

5Supreme Court Library Committee

The Supreme Court Library shall be under the control of a committee called the "Supreme Court Library Committee".

6Composition of committee

(1)The Committee shall consist of—

(a)the Chief Justice; and

(b)three Judges of the Supreme Court who shall be appointed from time to time as members of the Committee by the Council of Judges; and

(c)four current practitioners who shall be appointed by the Judges of the Supreme Court in December of each year to act during the ensuing year.

(2)The Council of the Law Institute of Victoria and the Victorian Bar Council may each nominate two current practitioners for appointment to the Committee.

(3)In the event of a vacancy occurring during the year, the Judges may fill that vacancy.

7Quorum

The Committee shall meet at such times and places as the Chief Justice, or in the absence of the Chief Justice the senior Judge available, directs and four members shall be a quorum.

8Alternates

A judicial member of the Committee may appoint a Judge of the Supreme Court to be an alternative or substitute member in the place of the appointor during such period as the appointor thinks fit and any person so appointed may exercise all the powers of the appointor in place of the appointor.

9Voting

The Chief Justice or in the absence of the Chief Justice the senior judicial member of the Committee present at a meeting of the Committee shall have both a deliberative and a casting vote.

10Secretary

Unless some other person is appointed so to act, the Librarian shall be Secretary to the Committee.

11Rules

The Committee may make recommendations to the Judges of the Supreme Court for Rules to be made by the Judges providing for the management and good government of the library and penalties for breaches thereof and, subject to the Rules, members of the legal profession of Victoria shall have access to the library.

12Transitional

The members of the Supreme Court Library Committee established by the Supreme Court Library Rules 1998 who were in office immediately before the commencement of these Rules hold office, subject to these Rules, as members of the Committee on and after that commencement for the balance of their period of appointment and are eligible for re-appointment.

Dated:   30 September 1999

J. H. PHILLIPS, C.J.

JOHN WINNEKE, P.

ROBERT BROOKING, J.A.

R. C. TADGELL, J.A.

W. F. ORMISTON, J.A.

JOHN D. PHILLIPS, J.A.

STEPHEN CHARLES, J.A.

F. H. CALLAWAY, J.A.

J. M. BATT, J.A.

PETER BUCHANAN, J.A.

ALEX CHERNOV, J.A.

ALLAN W. McDONALD, J.

T. H. SMITH, J.

JOHN J. HEDIGAN, J.

JOHN COLDREY, J.

H. R. HANSEN, J.

PHILIP MANDIE, J.

ROSEMARY BALMFORD, J.

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ENDNOTES

1.     General Information

The Supreme Court Library Rules 1999, S.R. No. 118/1999 were made on 30 September 1999 by the Judges of the Supreme Court under section 25 of the Supreme Court Act 1986, No. 110/1986 and came into operation on 30 September 1999.

The Supreme Court Library Rules 1999 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 30 September 2009 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).

2.     Table of Amendments

There are no amendments made to the Supreme Court Library Rules 1999 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.

3.     Explanatory Details

[1] Rule 3: S.R. No. 51/1998.