Supreme Court (Rules of Procedure) Act 1987

I Section 9 of the Principal Act ís amended -

direc tion pal Act as (a) by omitting the definition of "Rules" and e Rules or substituting the following:

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'rtRulesr means the Rules of Court made under this

Act or ratífíed, validated and approved under the Supreme Court (Rufes of Procedure) ¿'ct

7987; "; and

)nsistency (b) by adding at the end the following:

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" (2) In this or any other Act or an instrument of a

Act; or Iegislatíve or administratíve charact.er, a reference to -

¡ (a) a rule or decree of the Court shall be taken to be a reference to an order of the Court; or acting or ake Rules (b) a writ of prohibition, mandamus or certiorari that, but by which the Court had before the corrunencement make such of Parts II and IV of the Supreme Court (¡ules

I of Procedure) ect 7987 jurisdiction to grant

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relief or a remedY shal1 be taken to Court bea

."i...t "" to the judgment by which the frây, aft.er that commencement, grant that rel ie f crr" ietnudy under this Act and the Rules' " '

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12. NEl{ SECTION

The Principal Act is amended by inserting in Part I' after section 9, the following:

''94, ABOLITION OF DISTINCTION BETI.{EEN COURT AND CITAMBERS q

" (1) The distinction between court and chambers is abolished.

"(2) Nothing in subsection (1) al-ters the practice ptà."d,r." of -the Court with respect to business that

"rra ú" conducted otherwise than ín open court'

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"(3) The business of the Court, whether conducted in courL or otherwise, shall be taken to be conducted in court.

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"(4) Where by or under this or any other Act II and force irrmediately before the commencement of PartsAct 7987 a lV of the Supreme court (Rules of Procedure) jurisdiction Po\^/er or authority is vested in a Judge -

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'(a) the jurisdictíon, Power or. authorltY may the be exerclsed ín accordance with this Act andthat

Rules bY the Court in all respects âs

Judge míght have done; and

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without appeal an appeal does not fie from a determlnation of the Court. " .

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rken to be a 13. CONSTITUTION

Lch the Court t that rel-ief SectionllofthePrincipalActisamended-

lles . tt , sulsections (1) and (2) and fiì (a) by omitting slbstituting tht followíng:

and the lng in Part I, "(1) The court consists of the Judges

Master.

. AND CTIAMBERS ,'(2) The Court shall be constituted bY a Judge .or

-án -ect or the Rules Provide

Judges' or, in a case where bv the llaster, bY the Ìlaster ' d chambers is rI îtã?-1. maY be constituted exercising the

"joü"¿i"tio" of the Court'rt;

"iiaittg and

""á the practice (b) bY omitting subsection (3) ' business that