Supreme Court Amendment (Hague Service Convention) Rules 2009 (Tas)

Supreme Court Amendment (Hague Service Convention) Rules 2009

18 June 2009

We, the Honourable Ewan Charles Crawford, Chief Justice, and the Honourable Peter Ethrington Evans, the Honourable Alan Michael Blow, OAM, the Honourable Shan Eve Tennent and the Honourable David Porter, 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 Supreme Court Amendment (Hague Service Convention) Rules 2009 .

2. Commencement These Rules of Court take effect on the day on which the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, done at The Hague on 15 November 1965, enters into force for Australia.

3. Principal Rules In these Rules of Court, the Supreme Court Rules 2000 are referred to as the Principal Rules.

4. The amendments effected by this rule have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 .

5. The amendment effected by this rule has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 .

6. The amendment effected by this rule has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 .

7. The amendment effected by this rule has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 .

E. C. CRAWFORD

Chief Justice

P. E. EVANS

Puisne Judge

A. M. BLOW

Puisne Judge

S. E. TENNENT

Puisne Judge

D. J. PORTER

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

E. A. KNIGHT

Registrar

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

Notified in the Gazette on 24 June 2009

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