Supreme Court Rules (Amendment) (ACT)

Supreme Court Rules1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 12 of 19952

We, Judges of the Supreme Court, make the following Rules of Court under section 36 of the Supreme Court Act 1933.

Dated 21 March 1995.

J F GALLOP
Acting Chief Justice

T J HIGGINS

Judge

A G TOWILL

Registrar

Commencement

1.  These Rules commence on 1 April 1995.

Principal Rules

2.  In these Rules, “Principal Rules” means the Supreme Court Rules.

Specified amounts

3.  Rule 6A of Order 4 of the Principal Rules is amended—

(a)by omitting paragraph (1) (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(b)in relation to a writ issued during the period commencing on 1 June 1994 and ending on 31 March 1995—$614;

(c)in relation to a writ issued on or after 1 April 1995—$619.”; and

(b)by omitting paragraph (2) (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(b)in relation to a writ issued during the period commencing on 1 June 1994 and ending on 31 March 1995—$678;

(c)in relation to a writ issued on or after 1 April 1995—$684.”.

Scale of costs

4.  Rule 7 of Order 65 of the Principal Rules is amended—

(a)by omitting from subrule (2A) “on or after 1 June 1994” and substituting “during the period commencing on 1 June 1994 and ending on 31 March 1995”; and

(b)by inserting after subrule (2A) the following subrule:

“(2B)  In respect of work done and services performed by a solicitor on or after 1 April 1995, a reference in this rule to the costs set out in, or the charges provided for by, Schedule 4 (other than items 36 and 37) shall be read as a reference to those costs or charges increased by 10%.”.

Rate of payment for copies of documents

5.  Rule 41 of Order 65 of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting “$1.85” and substituting “$1.90”.

NOTES

Principal Rules

1. Reprinted as at 19 February 1995.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 29 March 1995.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1995