Supreme Court Forms Amendment Rules 2011


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Supreme Court Forms Amendment Rules 2011
11 April 2011

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, the Honourable David James Porter and the Honourable Helen Marie Wood, 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 Forms Amendment Rules 2011 .

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 Forms Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Forms)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Rules is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting the following items

Form 45

Writ of certiorari

Form 46

Writ of mandamus

Form 47

Writ of prohibition

from Part 1 ;
(b) by inserting in Part 1 after

Form 83

Affidavit of service of foreign process

the following items:

Form 83A

Request for service abroad of judicial documents and certificate

Form 83B

Summary of document to be served

(c) by omitting Forms 45 , 46 and 47 from Part 2 .

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

H. M. WOOD

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

E. A. KNIGHT

Registrar

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

Notified in the Gazette on 20 April 2011

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) rescinding the forms for writs of certiorari, mandamus and prohibition; and
(b) making minor statute law revision.