Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor in Council may make rules of court under this Act for—
(a) the practices and procedures of the Supreme Court, the District Court or the Magistrates Courts or their registries or another matter mentioned in schedule 1; or
(b) the admission of persons to the legal profession under the Legal Profession Act 2007, including fees relating to admission; or
(ba) the assessment of costs for the Legal Profession Act 2007, part 3.4, division 7; or
(c) appeals from the Mental Health Court; or
(d) any law giving jurisdiction to the Supreme Court, the District Court or the Magistrates Courts, including a law of the Commonwealth.
(2) A rule may only be made with the consent of the rules committee.
(2A) Rules made under subsection (1)(b) may make provision of a saving or transitional nature for which it is necessary to make provision to allow or facilitate the doing of anything to achieve the transition from the operation of—
(a) the rules applying immediately before the commencement of the Legal Profession Act 2004, section 27 to the operation of that Act after the commencement; and
(b) other matters about admission dealt with under the Legal Practitioners Act 1995 before the commencement of the Legal Profession Act 2004, section 27 to the operation of Legal Profession Act 2004 after the commencement.
(3) Rules of court (other than rules for a matter mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (1)(c) or a matter relevant to criminal jurisdiction or criminal proceedings, other than proceedings in relation to contempt of court) are to be called the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules.