Justices Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2005
The Magistrates Rule Committee, in the exercise of its powers under section 15AE of the Magistrates Court Act 1987 , makes the following rules of court for courts of summary jurisdiction exercising jurisdiction under the Justices Act 1959 .
These rules of court may be cited as the Justices Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2005 .
These rules of court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these rules of court, the Justices Rules 2003 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 54L amended (Applications generally)
Rule 54L of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:(b) include –(i) in the case of an application made by a police officer, a statutory declaration of the officer that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the information contained in the application is true; or(ii) in the case of any other applicant, an affidavit of the person that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the information contained in the application is true; and
These rules of court were made by the Magistrates Rule Committee at a meeting held on 28 July 2005.
A. G. Shott
Chief Magistrate
M. R. Hill
Deputy Chief Magistrate
R. C. Willee
Member
H. M. Wood
Member
S. F. Mollard
Member
O. McTaggart
Member
D. J. Jones
Member
T. J. Hill
Member
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 10 August 2005
These rules are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the rule)
These rules of court amend the Justices Rules 2003 by providing that an application for a family violence order –(a) if made by a police officer, is to include a statutory declaration of the police officer; or(b) if made by any other applicant, is to include an affidavit of the applicant.