Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

DISTRICT COURT RULES 2005 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the District Court Rules 2005 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
District Court Rules 2005	27 May 2005 p. 2335‑92	30 May 2005 (see r. 2)
District Court Amendment Rules 2005	23 Dec 2005 p. 6270‑3	1 Jan 2006 (see r. 2)
District Court Amendment Rules 2007	31 Jul 2007 p. 3807‑22	31 Jul 2007
District Court Amendment Rules 2010	10 Dec 2010 p. 6264‑8	r. 1 and 2: 10 Dec 2010 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jan 2011 (see r. 2(b))
District Court Amendment Rules 2011	17 Jun 2011 p. 2153‑8	r. 1 and 2: 17 Jun 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 18 Jun 2011 (see r. 2(b))
District Court Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2011	17 Jun 2011 p. 2158‑68	r. 1 and 2: 17 Jun 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2011 (see r. 2(b))
Reprint 1: The District Court Rules 2005 as at 19 Aug 2011 (includes amendments listed above)
District Court Amendment Rules (No. 3) 2011	18 Nov 2011 p. 4811‑18	r. 1 and 2: 18 Nov 2011 (see r. 2(a)); Rules other than r. 1, 2, 6‑8, 9(1) and (2), 10-12, 13(3)-(7): 19 Nov 2011 (see r. 2(c)); r. 6‑8, 9(1) and (2), 10-12 and 13(3)-(7): 1 Dec 2011 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 8 Nov 2011 p. 4673)

² The Legal Practice Act 2003 was repealed by the Legal Profession Act 2008.

Under the Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 630(1), a reference in an Act or document to the Legal Practice Act 2003 may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to the Legal Profession Act 2008.

Under the Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 630(1), a lawyer or legal practitioner may, if the context permits, be read as a reference to an Australian lawyer.

³ Repealed by r. 72 which has been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).

⁴ The Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 310 establishes a Legal Costs Committee. See also see note 2.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
A 45E(4)
Act 62, 65, 71A(1)
address for service 3
appealable decision 49
appearance 31(1)
application 65
audio link 3
B 45E(4)
case 3
case management direction 23
claimant 65
commencement 73
court record 71(1)
DPP 65
enforcement order 23
file 3
file and serve 3
Form 3
former rules 73
Inactive Cases List 43A
judge 3
lawyer 3
lay registrar 3
legally qualified registrar 3
mediator 23
personal injuries action 3
primary court 49
primary court case 52(1)
record 3
registry 3
relevant registry 3
report 45E(1)
respondent 65, 71B(3)(a)
RSC 3
rules of court 3
Scott Schedule 45D(1)
section 62, 65, 71A(1)
serve 3
settle 3
trial date 45B
video link 3
WCIMA appeal 49
working day 3