Date:

08/18/2003

Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 378) 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 modify the form
of the certification required under section 198L of the Legal Profession Act 1987 to
make a more comprehensive reference to the meaning of a provable fact and to make it
clear that the certificate is only required if damages are claimed.

Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 378) 2003
under the
Supreme Court Act 1970
1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 378) 2003.
2 Amendment of Supreme Court Rules 1970
The Supreme Court Rules 1970 are amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Amendments
(Rule 2)

[1] Schedule F Forms
Omit “Certification under section 198L of the Legal Profession Act 1987” from Forms 5, 6, 9, 10, 11A, 17 and 19 wherever occurring.

Insert instead:
(If required under Part 1 rule 9A (1A), add the following)
Certification under section 198L of the Legal Profession Act 1987

[2] Schedule F
Omit “provable facts” from Forms 5, 6, 9, 10, 11A, 17, 19 and 158 wherever occurring.

Insert “facts provable on the material available to me to date”.

[3] Schedule F
Insert “for damages” after “this claim” wherever occurring in Forms 5, 6, 9, 10, 11A, 17, 19 and 158.