Criminal Amendment Rules 20175 June 2017
We, the Honourable Alan Michael Blow, OAM, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Shan Eve Tennent, the Honourable Helen Marie Wood, the Honourable Stephen Peter Estcourt, the Honourable Robert William Pearce and the Honourable Michael Joseph Brett, Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania make the following Rules of Court under section 12(1) of the Criminal Code Act 1924 .
These Rules of Court may be cited as the Criminal Amendment Rules 2017 .
These Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these Rules of Court, the Criminal Rules 2006 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 11 amended (Requirements for victim impact statement)
Rule 11(c) of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting "20 pages, including" and substituting "10 pages, excluding".
A. M. BLOW
Chief Justice
S. E. TENNENT
Puisne Judge
H. M. WOOD
Puisne Judge
S. P. ESTCOURT
Puisne Judge
R. W. PEARCE
Puisne Judge
M. J. BRETT
Puisne Judge
Countersigned,
J. A. CONNOLLY
Registrar
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 14 June 2017
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 Criminal Rules 2006 by reducing the maximum length of a victim impact statement, made under those Rules of Court, from 20 pages to 10 pages excluding medical reports and other annexures.