Justices Amendment Rules 2013


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Justices Amendment Rules 2013

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 .

1.   Short title

These rules may be cited as the Justices Amendment Rules 2013 .

2.   Commencement

These rules take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Rules

In these rules, the Justices Rules 2003 are referred to as the Principal Rules.

4.    Schedule 2 amended (Offences)

Schedule 2 to the Principal Rules is amended by inserting after item 8 the following item:

8A. 

An offence under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Act 2013 , except sections 30(1), 228(1), 250(1), 251(1), 254(1), 256(1), 258(1), 260(1), 533(7) and 534(5) of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania), and any regulations that apply in Tasmania for the purposes of that Law

These rules of court were made by the Magistrates Rule Committee at a meeting held on 23 August 2013.

M. DALY

Chief Magistrate

OLIVIA MCTAGGART

Member

M. RAPLEY

Member

CATHERINE RHEINBERGER

Member

CHRIS WEBSTER

Member

SAM MOLLARD

Member

SIMON COOPER

Member

TIM HILL

Member

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

Notified in the Gazette on 4 September 2013

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 , consequent on the enactment of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania), by updating the table in Schedule 2 which specifies the offences in respect of which a defendant may enter a plea in writing rather than by appearing in person.