Supreme Court Amendment Rules 202317 November 2023
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 Rules of Court under the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 .
These Rules of Court may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2023 .
These Rules of Court commence on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these Rules of Court, the Supreme Court Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 689 amended (Obtaining documents from inferior court)
Rule 689(1) of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:(b) if the proceedings, or any part of the proceedings –(i) were transcribed, the transcript of the proceedings; or(ii) were recorded, the recording of the proceedings; or(iii) were not transcribed or were not recorded, the judge’s notes;
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,
P. J. IKEDIFE
Registrar
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 November 2023
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 Supreme Court Rules 2000 by revising and updating certain requirements for a transcript of proceedings, a recording of proceedings, or the judge’s notes, from an inferior court to be delivered or caused to be delivered to the registrar in certain circumstances.