Date:

08/18/2003

Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 379) 2003
under the
Supreme Court Act 1970

The Supreme Court Rule Committee made the following rules of court under the
Supreme Court Act 1970 on 18 August 2003.

Steven Jupp
Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note
The object of these Rules is to amend the Supreme Court Rules 1970 to provide for an
appeal to lie to the Court of Appeal, by leave of the Court of Appeal, from a decision of
a Master on an application to extend a limitation period.

Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 379) 2003
under the
Supreme Court Act 1970
1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 379)
2003.
2 Amendment of Supreme Court Rules 1970
The Supreme Court Rules 1970 are amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Amendment
(Rule 2)

Part 60, rule 17
Insert at the end of the rule:
(j) on an application to extend a period of limitation, fixed by or under an enactment, within which original
proceedings must be brought.