Court Procedures Rules 2006

This chapter applies to every proceeding in the Supreme Court or Magistrates Court to which these rules apply.

Rule 4 (Application of rules) deals with the proceedings to which these rules apply.

This chapter has been disapplied (with exceptions) in relation to family and personal violence proceedings (see r 3802) and workers compensation proceedings (see r 3903).

The Magistrates Court includes the Childrens Court (see Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 287).

However, this chapter applies to a criminal proceeding, forensic proceeding or appellate proceeding only as far as a territory law provides that it applies.

Criminal proceeding and appellate proceeding are defined in the dictionary.

Forensic proceeding is defined in rule 4800.

Ch 4 deals with criminal and forensic proceedings and ch 5 deals with appellate proceedings.

A territory law includes these rules or a provision of these rules (see Legislation Act, s 98 and s 97 (1), def ACT law).

Also, this chapter does not apply to another proceeding as far as—

this chapter provides that it does not apply to the proceeding; or

chapter 3 (Particular civil proceedings) provides that this chapter does not apply to the proceeding or otherwise makes provision for the proceeding inconsistent with this chapter; or

another territory law (including another provision of these rules) provides that this chapter does not apply to the proceeding.

Ch 6 has provisions applying to all proceedings (see r 6000 (Application—ch 6).