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 .
These rules may be cited as the Justices Amendment Rules 2013 .
These rules take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
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.