District Court (Mandatory Testing Infectious Diseases) Appeal Rules 2016

rules 1 and 2 — on the day on which these rules are published in the Gazette;

the rest of the rules — on the day after that day.

In these rules, unless the contrary intention appears —

Unless the contrary intention appears, a term used in these rules has the same meaning as it has in the District Court Rules 2005.

In this rule —

A disease test order appeal must be by way of a reconsideration of the evidence that was before the primary court unless the parties agree otherwise.

At the hearing of the appeal a party must not adduce evidence that was not adduced in the primary court except with the leave of the Court.

The Court is not to grant such leave unless satisfied there are special grounds for doing so.

To commence a disease test order appeal the appellant must give a notice of appeal in an approved form.

Except as provided in rule 9, the notice must set out the grounds for the appeal in accordance with subrule (3).

The grounds of appeal in a notice of appeal must not merely allege that an appealable decision is against the weight of the evidence or that it is wrong in law, they must specify the particulars relied on to demonstrate that the decision is against the weight of the evidence or the specific reasons why it is wrong in law.

file the notice; or

give notice under rule 9(1).

In addition to the District Court Rules 2005 Part 3 Division 2, the notice of appeal may be filed by an email sent to the relevant registry.

As soon as practicable after filing a notice of appeal, the appellant must —

serve it on the respondent; and

file a certificate of service in an approved form.

A notice of appeal given under rule 9(1) is taken to have been filed for the purposes of Part 3 Division 5 of the Act.

When a registry is not open for business, an appellant may give a notice of appeal by calling the Court’s emergency telephone number as shown on the Court’s website.

If notice of appeal is given under subrule (1), the appellant is not required to comply with rule 6 except to the extent directed under subrule (3).

The Court may give directions as to —

how and when the appellant is to specify the grounds for the appeal (including whether the appellant is required to prepare a notice of appeal in accordance with rule 6 and, if so, when that notice is to be given to the Court); and

how and when the appellant is to notify the respondent of the appeal, the grounds of the appeal and the date, time and place of the hearing of the appeal.

The hearing of a disease test order appeal may, in accordance with directions of the Court, be held —

at any place, including a place outside the Court’s usual place of business; or

by telephone.

The hearing of a disease test order appeal is not to be heard in open court and all persons other than a party to the appeal or the party’s legal practitioner are to be excluded during the appeal, except as otherwise directed by the Court.