Supreme Court Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2005


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Supreme Court Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2005
2 November 2005

We, the Honourable PETER GEORGE UNDERWOOD, Officer of the Order of Australia, Chief Justice, and the Honourable EWAN CHARLES CRAWFORD, the Honourable PIERRE WILLIAM SLICER and the Honourable PETER ETHRINGTON EVANS, 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 .

1.   Short title

These Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2005 .

2.   Commencement

These Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Rules

In these Rules of Court, the Supreme Court Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules.

4.    Rule 89 amended (Applications to Court)

Rule 89 of the Principal Rules is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting paragraph (c) ;
(b) by omitting paragraph (n) .

5.    Rule 90 amended (Applications to judge in chambers)

Rule 90(1)(n) of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting "section 8(4), 10, 11(1), 16(2), 18(1), 26(1), 30, 35(1), 36(1), 39(1), 47, 48(1) or 60(d) of".

P. G. UNDERWOOD

Chief Justice

E. C. CRAWFORD

Puisne Judge

P. W. SLICER

Puisne Judge

P. E. EVANS

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

I. G. RITCHARD

Registrar

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 9 November 2005

These Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule)

These Rules of Court amend the Supreme Court Rules 2000 by providing that all proceedings under the Commercial Arbitration Act 1986 are to be commenced by application to a judge in chambers.