Victorian Numbered Regulations

COUNTY COURT (CHAPTER I AMENDMENT NO. 3) RULES 2011 (SR NO 82 OF 2011) - REG 1

The objects of these Rules are to amend the County Court Civil Procedure Rules 2008 —

        (a)     to revoke the Rule and Form relating to pre-litigation requirements, as a consequence of the repeal of Chapter 3 of the Civil Procedure Act 2010 by the Civil Procedure and Legal Profession Amendment Act 2011 ;

        (b)     to address an inconsistency in Rule 27.03 in relation to the fastening of documents;

        (c)     to update terminology referring to various health practitioners as a consequence of the commencement of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act 2009 ;

        (d)     to provide for the transfer of the Family Property Division from the Commercial List to the Damages and Compensation List;

        (e)     to further provide for the manner of delivering documents for the purposes of subpoena rules harmonised with like rules in other Australian jurisdictions;

        (f)     to provide that the forms of freezing orders and search orders harmonised with like rules in other Australian jurisdictions are consistent with the Evidence Act 2008 ;

        (g)     to make a statute law revision amendment to the scale of costs.