Date:

11/15/2004

New South Wales
Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 399) 2004
under the
Supreme Court Act 1970

The Supreme Court Rule Committee made the following rules of court under the
Supreme Court Act 1970 on 15 November 2004.

Steven Jupp
Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note
The object of these Rules is to amend Part 75 of, and Schedule F to, the Supreme Court Rules
1970 to require an indictment to specify the Law Part Code (if any) for each offence charged.

The Law Part Code for an offence is the code allocated for the offence in the Lawcodes
Database maintained by the Judicial Commission of New South Wales.

Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 399) 2004
under the
Supreme Court Act 1970

1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 399) 2004.
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] Part 75, rule 3D
Insert “or with subrule (2A)” after “subrule (1)” in rule 3D (2).
[2] Part 75, rule 3D (2A)
Insert after rule 3D (2):
(2A) An indictment must specify the Law Part Code (if any) for each
offence alleged to have been committed in the indictment.
[3] Part 75, rule 3D (4)
Insert after rule 3D (3):
(4) In this rule:
Law Part Code for an offence means the Law Part Code allocated
to the offence in the Lawcodes Database maintained by the
Judicial Commission of New South Wales.
[4] Schedule F
Omit “7 May 19 ” from Form 74AE. Insert instead “7 May 20 ”.
[5] Schedule F, Form 74AE
Omit “(state the offence)”.
Insert instead “(state the offence and its Law Part Code, if any)”.