Interpretation
2 Interpretation
In these rules, unless the contrary intention appears —
Act means the Administration Act 1903;
grant means a grant of probate or administration, or an order to administer made under section 10 or section 12 of the Public Trustee Act 1941;
prescribed fee means the fee prescribed by the Supreme Court (Fees) Regulations 2002;
Registrar means a person for the time being holding or acting in an office designated under the Supreme Court Act 1935, “Registrar of the Supreme Court”, and a reference to the Registrar or to a Registrar may include a reference to the Principal Registrar or a deputy Registrar;
Registry means the Probate Office of the Supreme Court.
Words and expressions defined in section 3 of the Act and used in these rules have the same respective meanings as in the Act.
A form referred to by number means the form so numbered in the First Schedule; and those forms shall be used wherever applicable, with such variations as the Registrar may in any particular case direct or approve.
[Rule 2 amended: Gazette 14 December 1979 p. 3876; 6 March 1981 p. 895; 27 Nov 2009 p. 4787.]
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