Supreme Court Forms Amendment Rules 2009

Supreme Court Forms Amendment Rules 2009

18 June 2009

We, the Honourable Ewan Charles Crawford, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Peter Ethrington Evans, the Honourable Alan Michael Blow, OAM, the Honourable Shan Eve Tennent and the Honourable David Porter, 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 .

PART 1 - Preliminary

1.   Short title

These Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Forms Amendment Rules 2009 .

2.   Commencement

(1)  Except as provided in this rule, these Rules of Court take effect on the day on which the Supreme Court Amendment (Subpoena) Rules 2009 take effect.

(2)  Part 3 takes effect on the day on which the Supreme Court Amendment (Hague Service Convention) Rules 2009 take effect.

PART 2 - Supreme Court Forms Rules 2000 Amended

3.   Principal Rules

In this Part, the Supreme Court Forms Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Forms)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Rules is amended by omitting Form 37 from Part 2 and substituting the following form:

Form 37

PART 3 - Supreme Court Forms Rules 2000 Further Amended

5.   Principal Rules

In this Part, the Supreme Court Forms Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules.

6.    Schedule 1 amended (Forms)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Rules is amended by inserting after Form 83 in Part 2 the following forms:

Form 83A

Form 83B

E. C. CRAWFORD

Chief Justice

P. E. EVANS

Puisne Judge

A. M. BLOW

Puisne Judge

S. E. TENNENT

Puisne Judge

D. J. PORTER

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

E. A. KNIGHT

Registrar

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

Notified in the Gazette on 24 June 2009

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 Forms Rules 2000 by –

(a) updating the form for subpoenas; and

(b) inserting new forms for service under the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (the "Hague Service Convention").