Rule 891 of the Principal Rules is rescinded.

P. G. UNDERWOOD

Chief Justice

E. C. CRAWFORD

Puisne Judge

P. W. SLICER

Puisne Judge

P. E. EVANS

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

I. G. RITCHARD

Registrar

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 26 April 2006

These Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule)

These Rules of Court amend the Supreme Court Rules 2000 by –

(a) shortening, from 12 months to 6 months, the duration of original writs issued on or after the commencement of these Rules of Court; and

(b) providing the Court or judge with discretion as to the period for which an original writ and any concurrent writ may be renewed; and

(c) extending the period allowed for the filing and service of defences to statements of claim and for the filing and delivery of replies and defences to counterclaims; and

(d) empowering judges, in relation to appeals, to make consent orders as to costs and to grant indemnity certificates under the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1968 ; and

(e) rescinding rule 891.