Preliminary
Part 1 Preliminary
1. Citation
These rules may be cited as the Adoption Rules 1995 1, 2.
2. Interpretation
In these rules, “Registrar” means the Principal Registrar, a Registrar, or a Deputy Registrar of the Court.
In these rules, a reference to an “affidavit” includes a reference to the original or a copy of a document exhibited to the affidavit.
[Rule 2 amended: Gazette 21 Mar 2000 p. 1496.]
3. Exemption from rules
The Court may, in relation to proceedings under the Act, exempt any person from compliance with any procedural requirement of these rules, either wholly or subject to conditions, if it would be just to do so.
[4. Omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).]
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