Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Amendment (Written Evidence) Rules 2008
The Magistrates Rule Committee makes the following rules of court under section 15AE of the Magistrates Court Act 1987 .
These rules of court may be cited as the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Amendment (Written Evidence) Rules 2008 .
These rules of court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these rules of court, the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 99 amended (Orders at trial)
Rule 99 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting after subrule (3) the following subrule:(3A) Subject to section 31AC of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992 , the Court may, on any terms and conditions it considers appropriate, allow a written statement or report by a witness to be tendered or treated as evidence in chief of that witness.
These rules of court were made by Magistrates Rule Committee at a meeting held on 24 September 2008.
ARNOLD SHOTT
Chief Magistrate
MICHAEL HILL
Deputy Chief Magistrate
CHRIS WEBSTER
Member
SAM MOLLARD
Member
HELEN WOOD
Member
PETER DIXON
Member
GLENN HAY
Member
MARK RAPLEY
Member
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 8 October 2008
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 Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998 by providing that the Magistrates Court may allow a written statement or report to be tendered or treated as a witness's evidence in chief.