Senior Courts Act 2016

Rules of court and miscellaneous provisions - Rules of practice and procedure

147: High Court Rules part of Act

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The High Court Rules are part of the Senior Courts Act 2016. You can find these rules in Schedule 2 of the Judicature Act 1908. They can be altered, amended, added to, or revoked under section 148. The High Court Rules must be published as if they were secondary legislation. This means they are published separately from the Act. The Legislation Act 2019 applies to these published rules. The Chief Parliamentary Counsel can add information to the published rules. This includes minimum legislative information and other necessary information. This helps make the rules accessible to users.

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146: High Court Rules, or

"Rules for How the High Court Works"

148: Rules of practice and procedure generally, or

"Rules for how senior courts work"

Part 6Rules of court and miscellaneous provisions
Rules of practice and procedure

147High Court Rules part of Act

The High Court Rules set out in Schedule 2 of the Judicature Act 1908 as at the date that this Act receives the Royal assent continue in force and those rules, as altered, amended, added to, or revoked under section 148, are deemed to be part of this Act.
However, the High Court Rules and consolidations of those rules must be published, as the High Court Rules 2016, as if they were secondary legislation (rather than as part of this Act).
The Legislation Act 2019 applies accordingly to the rules published in that way.
The Chief Parliamentary Counsel may add to the rules, as published,—
minimum legislative information (within the meaning of the Legislation Act 2019); and
any other information that the Chief Parliamentary Counsel considers to be necessary or appropriate for the purposes of arranging publication of the rules and making them accessible for users.

Notes

Section 147(2): replaced, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
Section 147(3): replaced, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
Section 147(4): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).