Supreme Court Forms Amendment Rules 201714 December 2017
We, the Honourable Alan Michael Blow, OAM, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Helen Marie Wood, the Honourable Stephen Peter Estcourt, the Honourable Robert William Pearce, the Honourable Michael Joseph Brett and the Honourable Gregory Peter Geason, 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 .
These Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Forms 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 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 itemfrom Part 1 ;
Form 6A
Notice to defendant served outside Australia
(b) by omittingfrom Part 1 and substituting the following items:
Form 37
Subpoena
Form 37A
Notice and declaration
Form 37
Subpoena to give evidence
Form 38
Subpoena to produce documents or things
Form 39
Subpoena to give evidence and produce documents or things
(c) by inserting in Part 1 afterthe following item:
Form 83B
Summary of document to be served
Form 83C
Notice to defendant served outside of Australia
(d) by omitting Form 6A from Part 2 ;(e) by omitting Forms 37 and 37A from Part 2 and substituting the following forms:Form 37Form 38Form 39(f) by inserting the following form after Form 83B in Part 2 :Form 83C
A. M. BLOW
Chief Justice
H. M. WOOD
Puisne Judge
S. P. ESTCOURT
Puisne Judge
R. W. PEARCE
Puisne Judge
M. J. BRETT
Puisne Judge
G. P GEASON
Puisne Judge
Countersigned,
J. A. CONNOLLY
Registrar
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 20 December 2017
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the rule)
These Rules of Court amend the Supreme Court Forms Rules 2000 , consistent with the recommendations of the Harmonisation of Rules Committee, to update the forms relating to (a) subpoenas; and(b) service outside of Australia.