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2000/282

District Courts Amendment Rules (No 2) 2000

Note

These rules are administered in the Department for Courts.

Pursuant to the District Courts Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, and, as far as the rules regulate the practice and procedure of District Courts in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by the District Courts Act 1947, with the concurrence of the Chief District Court Judge and at least 2 of the other members of the Rules Committee established under section 51B of the Judicature Act 1908 (of whom at least 1 is a District Court Judge), makes the following rules.

Contents

3 Interpretation

5 New rule 44 substituted

44 Appointment or change of solicitor or representation or address for service

6 Search of Court records generally

7 New rules 151 to 167 substituted

8 Personal service on mentally disordered persons

9 Application for injunction

10 Review of orders

11 Transitional provision relating to review of orders

12 New rule 308 substituted

308 Who may swear affidavit verifying statement in answer to interrogatories

13 Notice to admit facts

14 New rule 325 substituted

325 Who may swear affidavit verifying list of documents

15 Calling of expert witnesses

16 Payment out when person entitled under disability

17 New heading and rule 385A inserted

Arbitration by consent

385A Arbitration by consent

18 New rule 426A inserted

426A Consequences of failure to set down within 12 months after last step in proceeding

19 Directions before setting down

20 Directions affecting the hearing

21 New rule 438 substituted

438 Judge may assist in negotiations for settlement

22 New rule 452

452 Application of this Part

23 Directions before hearing

24 New rule 515 substituted

515 Affidavits made on behalf of corporation

25 New rule 530 substituted

530 Time and mode of giving judgment

26 Judgments to be sealed and dated

27 New rule 533 substituted

533 When judgment takes effect

28 New rule 549 substituted

549 Contents of notice of appeal

29 Memorandum (General form)

30 Memorandum to be endorsed on form 4 in proceedings under the Family Protection Act 1955

31 Notice of proceeding when summary judgment sought

32 Affidavit of service

33 Notice to judgment debtor requiring completion of financial statement

34 Order for examination of judgment debtor

35 Summons to judgment debtor requiring attendance at hearing of application for periodic detention

36 Order for periodic detention

37 Summons to person claiming land or other property subject to charging order

38 Attachment order

39 Garnishee summons to sub-debtor

40 Order for delivery (or disclosure of whereabouts) of deposit book

41 Interpleader summons to execution creditor

42 Interpleader summons to claimant claiming goods or rent under an execution

43 Interpleader summons to execution creditor and bailiff where claimant claims goods and damages

44 Consequential revocations

Schedule
New form 14 inserted in Schedule 1 of principal rules

Explanatory note

Administrative information