Pursuant to section 13 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005, I direct that the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (including a person acting as the registrar) may exercise the functions of the Court as stated in the schedule to this direction.

Dated: 2 January 2008


J J Spigelman AC
Chief Justice of New South Wales


Schedule

The functions of the Court as provided for in Column 1 but subject to the restriction (if any) mentioned in Column 3.

The matter in Column 2 is inserted for convenience of reference only and does not affect the operation of the direction.

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Section	Description	Restriction
Rule 13.4	Frivolous and vexatious proceedings	Incompetent proceedings and failure to prosecute
Rule 51.4(3)	Addition or removal of party
Rule 51.5(1)	Leave to take step without entering appearance
Rule 51.6	Extension of time
Rule 51.9(1)(b)	Extension of time
Rule 51.10(2)	Extension of time
Rule 51.11(2)	Extension of time
Rule 51.16(1)	Extension of time
Rule 51.16(2)	Extension of time
Rule 51.17(2)	Extension of time
Rule 51.17(3)	Extension of time
Rule 51.20(2)	Specify return day for notice of appeal
Rule 51.21	Alteration of return day
Rule 51.25(1)	Directions for preparation of appeal book
Rule 51.31(2)	Leave to amend appeal book
Rule 51.33(1)	Timetable for orange book
Rule 51.34(3)	Amendment of submissions
Rule 51.39	Use of White Folder
Rule 51.41(1)	Objection to competency
Rule 51.41(2)	Costs on incompetency
Rule 51.50(1)	Security for costs
Rule 51.51(2)	Return day for motion
Rule 51.51(5)	Directions for filing evidence
Rule 51.51(6)	Directions for filing affidavits
Rule 51.57(1)	Directions for hearing in fixed vacation
Rule 51.61	Evidence in support of motion