District Courts Rules 2009

1.22 Office hours

• 1.22.1 The office of the court must be open from 9 am to 5 pm on every day that is not a court holiday.

  1.22.2 The Minister of the Crown who is responsible for the Ministry of Justice may from time to time authorise the closing of the office of any court for 1 hour.

  1.22.3 If the Registrar is Registrar of 2 or more courts, or in any other special circumstances, the offices of those courts must be open on the days and at the times from time to time determined by the Minister of the Crown who is responsible for the Ministry of Justice.

  1.22.4 A notice of the office hours must be posted in some convenient place accessible to the public.

  Compare: SR 1992/109 r 20