Justices (Review) Amendment Rules 202120 December 2021
We, the Honourable Alan Michael Blow, AO, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Helen Marie Wood, the Honourable Stephen Peter Estcourt, AM, the Honourable Robert William Pearce, the Honourable Michael Joseph Brett, the Honourable Gregory Peter Geason and the Honourable Tamara Kaye Jago, Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, on the recommendation of the Rule Committee, make the following general rules under and for the purposes of Part XI of the Justices Act 1959 .
These Rules of Court may be cited as the Justices (Review) Amendment Rules 2021 .
These Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these Rules of Court, the Justices (Review) Rules 2004 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 6 amended (Notice to review)
Rule 6 of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting subrule (1) and substituting the following subrule:(1) A notice to review is to be made returnable on a Wednesday in a sittings to be held at the place nearest to the court from which the appeal is brought.
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
T. K. JAGO
Puisne Judge
Countersigned,
J. A. CONNOLLY
Registrar
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 December 2021
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 Justices (Review) Rules 2004 by updating the practice and procedure requirements as to when a notice to review is to be made returnable.