These rules apply as if—
(a) a reference in an Act, statutory instrument or document, to the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/sl/1937-85" title="SL1937-85">Supreme Court Rules 1937
, the Supreme title="SL1998-15">Supreme Court (Admission of Legal Practitioners) Rules 1998
or the Supreme title="SL2003-40">Supreme Court (Corporations) Rules 2003
were, in relation to anything to which these rules apply, a reference to these rules; and
(b) a reference in an Act, statutory instrument or document, to a provision of the
title="SL1937-85">Supreme Court Rules 1937, the
title="SL1998-15">Supreme Court (Admission of Legal Practitioners) Rules 1998or the
title="SL2003-40">Supreme Court (Corporations) Rules 2003were, in relation to anything to which these rules apply, a reference to the corresponding provision of these rules; and
(c) a reference in an Act, statutory instrument or document, to something that is no longer applicable because of the making of these rules, and for which there is a corresponding thing under these rules, were a reference to the thing under these rules, if the context allows and if otherwise appropriate.
Examples for par (c)
1 A ‘notice of motion' is taken to be an ‘application'.
2 A reference to entering an appearance in relation to an originating process in a civil proceeding is taken to be a reference to filing a notice of intention to respond in the court or filing a defence (if the defendant chooses not to file a notice of intention to respond but files a defence).
3 A reference to
taxation of costs is taken to be a reference to assessment of costs.