Rules

Supreme Court | District Court | ERD Court | Magistrates Court | Wardens Court

The compilations of the Rules of Court listed below have been prepared by staff of the CAA Library Service, and do not constitute an official publication of the Rules.

Supreme Court Civil Rules 2006
Supreme Court Rules 1987 | Supreme Court Criminal Rules 1992
Supreme Court Criminal Appeal Rules 1996
Supreme Court Bail Review Rules 1985 | Corporations Rules 2003
Land and Valuation Division Rules 1978
Listening and Surveillance Devices Rules 2005
Supreme Court Witness Protection Act Rules 2009
Terrorism (Police Powers) (Supreme Court) Rules 2006
Terrorism (Preventative Detention) (Supreme Court) Rules 2006
Admission Rules | The Probate Rules 2004

Registry addresses for filing documents

Supreme Court Civil Rules 2006

The Supreme Court Civil Rules 2006 apply to actions commenced on or after 4 September 2006.

Rules: PDF format RTF format
Current to Amendment No. 18 (1 January 2012) summary of amendments

Practice Directions and Forms

Supreme Court Rules 1987

The Supreme Court Rules 1987 apply to actions commenced before 4 September 2006.

Rules:    PDF format   RTF format
Schedules:    PDF format     RTF format
Forms:    PDF format    RTF format
Current to Amendment No. 102 (1 October 2008)

Supreme Court Criminal Rules 1992

Rules and forms: PDF format RTF format
Current to Amendment No. 28 (1 July 2011)

Supreme Court Criminal Appeal Rules 1996

Rules and forms: PDF format RTF format
Current to Amendment No. 4 (1 July 2011)

Supreme Court Bail Review Rules 1985

PDF format RTF format
Current to Amendment No. 3 (1 February 2011)

Corporations Rules 2003

Rules and forms: PDF format
Forms only: RTF format
Current to Amendment 6 (1 July 2010)

Land and Valuation Division Rules 1978 PDF RTF (compilation based on material provided by LexisNexis Australia)

Listening and Surveillance Devices Rules 2005 HTML PDF

Supreme Court Witness Protection Act Rules 2009 HTML PDF

Terrorism (Police Powers) (Supreme Court) Rules 2006 HTML PDF

Terrorism (Preventative Detention) (Supreme Court) Rules 2006 HTML PDF

The Probate Rules 2004

Choose one of these formats for rules and forms in a single document:
PDF format RTF format
Current to Amendment No. 3 (1 October 2007)
Individual forms can be accessed from the numerical Table of Forms or from the alphabetical Index to Forms
All forms usually needed by personal applicants can be found in this file: Forms for Personal Applications for Grant of Representation

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RULES OF THE DISTRICT COURT

The compilations of the District Court Rules listed below have been prepared by the staff of the CAA Library Service and are not an official publication of the District Court Rules. For an official version, reference should be made to the Rules and subsequent amendments as gazetted.

District Court Civil Rules 2006

The District Court Civil Rules apply to actions commenced on or after 4 September 2006.

Rules: PDF format RTF format
Current to Amendment No. 19 (1 January 2012) summary of amendments

Practice Directions and Forms

District Court (Criminal and Miscellaneous) Rules 1992

Current to Amendment No. 10 of the District Court (Criminal and Miscellaneous) Rules 1992 (1 July 2011)

Part I (Rules of General Application) PDF format   RTF format

Part IV (Criminal Division) PDF format RTF format

Part V (Criminal Injuries Division) PDF format     RTF format
Part V is revoked by Amendment No. 9, however, despite the revocation, this part will continue for the purpose of completing proceedings commenced in the Criminal Injuries Division of the Court prior to 1 July 2010.

Parts II and III, as applicable in the Criminal Injuries Division    PDF format    RTF format

District Court Rules 1992

Parts II & III (Civil Division) PDF format RTF format
The District Court Rules 1992 apply to actions commenced before 4 September 2006. Parts II and III were revoked by the District Court Variation Rules 2006 (effective from 4 September 2006), however, despite the revocation, those Parts will continue to apply mutatis mutandis for the purposes of any proceeding commenced or continued under Part V or VI of the 1992 rules.

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RULES OF THE ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES and DEVELOPMENT COURT