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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Rule Page
Part 1—Preliminary 1
1 Object 1
2 Authorising provisions 1
3 Commencement 1
Part 2—Amendment of Chapter I 2
4 Application of Order 28A 2
Part 3—Amendment of Chapter VII 3
5 Definitions 3
6 Entry into the List 3
7 Removal from the List 3
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Endnotes 5
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STATUTORY RULES 2017
S.R. No. 127/2017
Supreme Court Act 1986
Supreme Court (E-Filing Further Amendment)
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The Judges of the Supreme Court make the following Rules:
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Object
The object of these Rules is to amend Chapters I
and VII of the Rules of the Supreme Court in
relation to electronic filing in certain Lists of the
Supreme Court.
2 Authorising provisions
These Rules are made under section 25 of the
Supreme Court Act 1986 and all other enabling
powers.
3 Commencement
These Rules come into operation on 2 January
2018.
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Part 2—Amendment of Chapter I
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Part 2—Amendment of Chapter I
4 Application of Order 28A
(1) After Rule 28A.01(1)(b) of the Supreme Court
(General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 1 , insert—
"(ba) the List known as the Taxation List
(which, for the avoidance of doubt, is a List
which may include, but is not limited to,
proceedings to which Order 7 of Chapter II
applies);
(bb) the List known as the Arbitration List
(which, for the avoidance of doubt, is a List
which may include, but is not limited to,
proceedings to which Order 9 of Chapter II
applies);".
(2) In Rule 28A.01(1)(c) of the Supreme Court
(General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 omit "or".
(3) After Rule 28A.01(1)(c) of the Supreme Court
(General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 insert—
"(ca) the Admiralty List pursuant to Rule 3.02(1)
of Chapter VII; or".
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Part 3—Amendment of Chapter VII
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Part 3—Amendment of Chapter VII
5 Definitions
In Rule 1.06 of the Supreme Court Admiralty
Rules 20102 insert the following definition—
"RedCrest means the electronic filing and case
management system in operation in the
Court from time to time, other than the
system for electronic filing to which Part 2
of Order 28 of Chapter I applies;".
6 Entry into the List
At the foot of Rule 3.02(1), (2) and (3) of the
Supreme Court Admiralty Rules 2010 insert the
following note—
"Note
See Rule 28A.01(1) of Chapter I (electronic filing in
RedCrest).".
7 Removal from the List
At the foot of Rule 3.03 of the Supreme Court
Admiralty Rules 2010 insert the following note—
"Note
See Rule 28A.01(1) of Chapter I (electronic filing in
RedCrest).".
Dated: 28 November 2017
ANNE FERGUSON, C.J.
CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL, P.
R. S. OSBORN, J.A.
SIMON P. WHELAN, J.A.
PHILLIP PRIEST, J.A.
DAVID F. R. BEACH, J.A.
EMILIOS KYROU, J.A.
S. G. E. McLEISH, J.A.
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KIM HARGRAVE, J.
ANTHONY CAVANOUGH, J.
LEX LASRY, J.
JAMES JUDD, J.
PETER VICKERY, J.
CLYDE CROFT, J.
M. L. SIFRIS, J.
PETER ALMOND, J.
JOHN R. DIXON, J.
C. MACAULAY, J.
KATE McMILLAN, J.
G. J. DIGBY, J.
JAMES D. ELLIOTT, J.
T. J. GINNANE, J.
MELANIE SLOSS, J.
M. J. CROUCHER, J.
CHRISTOPHER W. BEALE, J.
MICHAEL McDONALD, J.
JANE A. DIXON, J.
A. J. KEOGH, J.
MAREE KENNEDY, J.
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Endnotes
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Endnotes
1 Rule 4: S.R. No. 103/2015. Reprint No. 1 as at 1 October 2016. Reprinted to
S.R. No. 109/2016. Subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 138/2016,
139/2016, 14/2017, 15/2017, 32/2017, 33/2017, 97/2017 and 98/2017.
2 Rule 5: S.R. No. 24/2010 as amended by S.R. No. 15/2017.
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