Suitors' Fund Regulations 1965 (WA)

Western Australia Suitors' Fund Act 1964 Suitors' Fund Regulations 1965 Western Australia Suitors' Fund Regulations 1965 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Interpretation 1 3. Indemnity certificate 1 4. Applications to the Board 2 5. Time within which application is to be made 5 6. Board may extend time 5 7. Board may require costs to be taxed 6 8. Taxation of costs 6 9. Board may require additional information 7 10. Certificates and directions of the Board 7 11. Secretary 8 12. Board meetings 8 13. Board may require production of court documents 8 14. Prescribed amount s. 11(3)(b) 8 15. Amount of levy prescribed (Act s. 5(1)) 9 Schedule Notes Compilation table 21 Defined terms Suitors' Fund Act 1964 Suitors' Fund Regulations 1965

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Suitors' Fund Regulations 1965.

2. Interpretation In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears — applicant means a person making an application for a certificate of the Board authorising payment of an amount out of the Fund or for a direction of the Board; costs certificate means a costs certificate granted under section 12A of the Act; indemnity certificate means an indemnity certificate granted under section 10 of the Act; Secretary means the Secretary to the Board; the Act means the Suitors' Fund Act 1964. [Regulation 2 amended: Gazette 18 Feb 1972 p. 364.]

3. Indemnity certificate (1) An indemnity certificate shall be in the form of Form 1 in the schedule and shall be signed by the judge before whom the application for the certificate was made. (1a) A costs certificate shall be in the form of Form 1a or 1b, as the case requires, in the schedule and shall be signed by a Judge of the Supreme Court. (2) A certificate granted pursuant to section 14(1)(c) or (d) of the Act shall be in the form of Form 2 or 2a, as the case requires, in the schedule to these regulations and shall be signed by the presiding judge, magistrate or justice, as the case may be. (3) A person to whom an indemnity certificate or a certificate under section 14(1)(c) of the Act is granted shall cause the indemnity certificate or certificate to be prepared and shall present it to the judge, or as the case may be, the presiding judge, magistrate or justice, for signature, together with a copy thereof which shall be filed by the proper officer of the Court with the file relating to the appeal or proceeding in respect of which the indemnity certificate or certificate was granted. (3a) A person to whom a costs certificate is granted shall cause the certificate to be prepared and shall present it to a Judge of the Supreme Court for signature together with a copy thereof which shall be filed by the proper officer of the Court with the file relating to the appeal in respect of which the costs certificate was granted. (4) Where a respondent to whom an indemnity certificate has been granted fails to comply with the provisions of subregulation (3), the appellant may cause the indemnity certificate to be prepared and presented to the judge for signature, together with a copy thereof which shall be filed in the manner prescribed in that subregulation. [Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 18 Feb 1972 p. 364.]