Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 3614A

    (1)     This rule applies if—

        (a)     a person has applied for admission under rule 3608 (the applicant ); and

        (b)     the admissions board has approved the applicant's request for absentee admission; and

        (c)     the admissions board has issued a compliance certificate under section 30 of the

in relation to the applicant; and

        (d)     the court is satisfied that the person should be admitted.

    (2)     The court must send the applicant—

        (a)     a supplementary roll sheet; and

        (b)     information about completing the supplementary roll.

    (3)     The applicant must—

        (a)     take an oath or make an affirmation before an authorised person; and

        (b)     sign the supplementary roll sheet before the authorised person.

    (4)     The applicant must, within 28 days after the day the applicant receives the supplementary roll sheet, file with the court—

        (a)     the signed supplementary roll sheet; and

        (b)     an affidavit stating that the applicant took an oath or made an affirmation in accordance with rule 3614 (2) or (3) before the authorised person.

    (5)     If the court is satisfied that the applicant has complied with subsection (3), the court must order that the applicant be admitted.

    (6)     In this section:

"absentee admission"—see section 3608 (1) (b).

"authorised person" means a person authorised to take an affidavit in the jurisdiction where the affidavit is taken.

"supplementary roll sheet" means a sheet of the local roll.