2014/348
High Court Amendment Rules (No 2) 2014
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 17th day of November 2014
Present:
The Right Hon John Key presiding in Council
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the rules, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These rules, which come into force on 1 January 2015, amend the High Court Rules (the principal rules) by inserting a new procedure that provides for case management of proceedings under Part 30 of the principal rules (an application for judicial review and an application for an extraordinary remedy) if a Judge directs. This procedure is intended to supplement the procedure for case management set out in section 10 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1972. Clause 8 amends rule 19.2 of the principal rules by including applications to the High Court under section 14 or 31 of the Wills Act 2007 to the list of applications to be made by originating application. Clause 9 corrects errors in 2 forms in Schedule 1 of the principal rules.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 20 November 2014.
These rules are administered by the Ministry of Justice.