Probate Amendment Rules 2005

Probate Amendment Rules 2005

We, the Honourable PETER GEORGE UNDERWOOD, Officer of the Order of Australia, Chief Justice, and the Honourable EWAN CHARLES CRAWFORD, the Honourable PIERRE WILLIAM SLICER and the Honourable PETER ETHRINGTON EVANS, 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 .

1.   Short title

These Rules of Court may be cited as the Probate Amendment Rules 2005 .

2.   Commencement

These Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Rules

In these Rules of Court, the Probate Rules 1936 are referred to as the Principal Rules.

4.   Part III of Appendix amended (Forms)

Part III of the Appendix to the Principal Rules is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting Form XIV and substituting the following form:

(b) by omitting Form XV and substituting the following form:

(c) by omitting Form XXVIII and substituting the following form:

P. G. UNDERWOOD

Chief Justice

E. C. CRAWFORD

Puisne Judge

P. W. SLICER

Puisne Judge

P. E. EVANS

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

I. G. RITCHARD

Registrar

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 16 March 2005

These Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.