Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2007 (Qld)

Queensland Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2007 Subordinate Legislation 2007 No. 156 made under the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Rules amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new ch 17A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chapter 17A Costs application under Legal Profession Act 2007 743A Costs application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of r 678 (Application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s5 Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 2) No. 156, 2007 2007 1 Short title This rule may be cited as the Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2007 . 2 Commencement This rule commences on 1 July 2007. 3 Rules amended This rule amends the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999. 4 Insertion of new ch 17A After chapter 17— insert— ‘Chapter 17A Costs application under Legal Profession Act 2007 ‘743A Costs application ‘(1) An application for a costs assessment under the LegalProfessionAct2007 must be made to the court having the lowest monetary limit to its jurisdiction in a personal action that is not less than the amount of the legal costs for the assessment of which the application is made. ‘(2) The court may give the directions it considers appropriate for the carrying out of the costs assessment. ‘(3) The Chief Justice may make a practice direction under this rule giving guidance as to what directions may be appropriate.’. 5 Amendment of r 678 (Application) Rule 678(2)— omit, insert—

s5 3 s5 Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 2) No. 156, 2007 2007 ‘(2) However, this part does not apply to costs assessable under chapter 17A. 1 ’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 28 June 2007. 2 Notified in the gazette on 29 June 2007. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. © State of Queensland 2007 1 Chapter 17A (Costs under Legal Profession Act 2007