Date:

05/17/2004

Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 390) 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 17 May 2004.

Steven Jupp
Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note
Part 66, Rule 1A, of the Supreme Court Rules prevents a subpoena from being issued on
the request of an unrepresented litigant except with the leave of the Supreme Court. The
object of these Rules is to enable a registrar of the Supreme Court to exercise the
Supreme Court’s power to grant such leave. These Rules also ensure that certain
expressions that are defined in Part 37 (Subpoenas) have the same meanings outside that
Part as they have within that Part.

1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the Supreme Court Rules (Amendment
No 390) 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 36, rule 13BA
Insert after rule 13BA (4):
(5) In this rule, issuing party has the same meaning as it has in
Part 37.

[2] Part 66, rule 1A
Insert after rule 1A (2):
(3) In this rule, issuing officer and issuing party have the same
meanings as they have in Part 37.

[3] Schedule E Powers of registrars
Insert in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule E in appropriate order in the matter
relating to Part 66:
Rule 1A Giving leave to issue subpoena to
unrepresented litigant